landed
pronunciation
How to pronounce landed in British English:
UK [ˈlændɪd]
How to pronounce landed in American English:
US [ˈlændɪd]
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- Adjective:
- owning or consisting of land or real estate
Word Origin
- landed (adj.)
- "possessed of land," late Old English gelandod; see land (n.).
Example
- 1. We will never know one way or the other which exact moment landed us in the one we live .
- 2. Aliens who landed on earth and asked : " take me to your leader " would be directed to mrs othman .
- 3. A look at national table tennis teams over the last few decades shows hundreds of chinese players who took their superior game abroad . More often than not , they became the best players wherever they landed .
- 4. Although the vote was extended , power was still in the hands of the landed gentry and men of property . For many this did not go far enough .
- 5. Its members helped to tilt the scales against monarchy in the glorious revolution of 1688 and counterbalanced the landed aristocracy , securing pluralism and sowing the seeds of economic growth .