Meaning

2 senses

  1. (of a storm) To reach land.

  2. (of a ship) To arrive on shore, or sight the shore.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Typhoon Megi makes landfall in the Philippines.

    deDer Taifun Megi trifft bei den Philippinen auf Land.

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  2. Cristobal made landfall Wednesday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

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  3. Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to strengthen into a low-level hurricane before it makes landfall along the coast of the Carolinas.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

makes landfall, making landfall, made landfall, made landfall
Base formmake landfall · to make landfall
3rd person singularmakes landfall
Present participlemaking landfall
Past simplemade landfall
Past participlemade landfall

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymake landfall
he, she, itmakes landfall

Past simpleLesson

all personsmade landfall

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave made landfall
he, she, ithas made landfall

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill make landfall

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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