land

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Imagine if you were the first person to squat land near what has now become Manhattan.

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Quick take

the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of land gathered in one view.

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the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"

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material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

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territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for land.

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the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"

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material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

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territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"

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the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"

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the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

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a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

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extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

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the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

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a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

See also: state, nation, country, commonwealth

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United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

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agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

verb

reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

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cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

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bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"

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bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

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deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

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arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

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shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

Example sentences

Imagine if you were the first person to squat land near what has now become Manhattan.

That is only way that prosecutors across the land will get the message: that this was wrong.

A guy swoops in, who probably will rarely use this beach/vacation home, buys up the land, and closes off access.

You can't buy land to build a smokestack plant in a quiet residential neighborhood - ditto.

> If youre East Asian, you need to attend a top-tier university to land a good high-paying gig.

He eats meat, which has a vast footprint in terms of land, water and energy use. How minimal is a lifestyle that leads to irrevocable climate change?

Instead [...] we must work in sales and marketing to convince someone with money to trade cash for our trinket, so that we can have purchasing power to access the natural bounty of the land.

The abysmal CEO and his team of executives were paid to leave and every one landed a CEO/COO job at an even bigger company.

There is obviously some skill in researching, predicting, working and acquiring land that will soon appreciate in value.

I may be naive here, but the pylons really do take away most of the objections from farmers and installing tubes over farmland has to be a lot cheaper than doing construction above a highway.

What I take from this story is that the financial law is so complex and unapproachable one can not reliably navigate it without landing in jail, even being a seasoned professional.

It's a very common theme in startup-land, and I constantly hear from founders who sacrificed their marriages, worked 19 hour days, slept under their desks, and racked up tens of thousands in credit card debt, all to make their dream a reality.