How to pronounce landing
American English pronunciation
LAN-ding
- IPA
- /ˈlændɪŋ/
- Syllables
- LAN · ding (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What landing means
Most people know landing in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The flat floor at the top of a set of stairs
In a sentence: The cat napped on the landing halfway up the stairs.
Where it comes from: It is made from the verb land, to come down or arrive somewhere, with -ing on the end.
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