Meaning

18 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

    Most insects live on land.

    Land, Länder

    земля́zemljá, зе́млиzémli, су́шаsúša

    земля́zemljá, су́шаsúša

    the solid part of the earth's surface

  2. (countable, uncountable)Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.

    There are 50 acres of land in this estate.

    Land, Länder

    земля́zemljá, недви́жимостьnedvížimostʹ, земе́льная со́бственностьzemélʹnaja sóbstvennostʹ

    the land on which real estate is located

  3. (countable, uncountable)A country or region.

    They come from a faraway land.

    Land, Länder

    страна́straná, земля́zemljá, крайkraj

    краї́наkrajína, земля́zemljá

    the people who live in a nation or country

  4. (countable, uncountable)A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.

    Vaterland

  5. (countable, uncountable)The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.

    wet land

    good or bad land for growing potatoes

    Land, Länder

    земля́zemljá

  6. (countable, in compounds, often, uncountable)Realm, domain.

    I'm going to Disneyland.

    Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.

    a domain in which something is dominant

  7. (countable, uncountable)The ground left unploughed between furrows.

  8. (countable, uncountable)Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.

  9. (Ireland, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A shock or fright.

    He got an awful land when the police arrived.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

  11. (countable, uncountable)On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.

  12. (countable, uncountable)The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.

    Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.

Examples

1658 sentences
  1. America is a land of immigrants.

    Америка - країна іммігрантів. — deniko

    ruАмерика — страна иммигрантов. — Hellerick

  2. Taking off is easier than landing.

    Злітати простіше, ніж приземлятися. — deniko

    ruВзлёт проще посадки. — megaton

    deAbheben ist einfacher als Landen. — xtofu80

  3. What time is your plane landing?

    Коли приземляється твій літак? — deniko

    ruВо сколько приземляется твой самолёт? — odexed

  4. The duke holds a lot of land.

    Герцогу належить багато землі. — oleks

    ruГерцог владеет многими землями. — Lenin_1917

    deDer Herzog besitzt viel Land. — al_ex_an_der

  5. All this land is owned by Tom.

    Вся ця земля належить Тому. — deniko

    ruВся эта земля принадлежит Тому. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water:
country or region:
Русский
By meaning 4
part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water:
real estate or landed property:
country or region:
space between the rifling grooves in a gun:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water:
someone's homeplace:

Origin

From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, fro

From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

From Middle English *land, from Old English hland. More at lant.

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Forms

plural: lands
Singularland
Plurallands

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

303 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • lot of land
  • bought some land
  • acres of land
  • piece of land
  • owns this land
  • sell my land
  • all this land
  • this land is
  • some land
  • plane landed
  • earth's land
  • of the land

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
land — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto