# landed

Pronunciation: say "LAN-did" /ˈlænd.ɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of land. — simple past and past participle of land
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of land. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The pilot landed the jet despite heavy fog over the airport._
   - _After hours at sea, the small boat finally landed at the harbor._

## Adjective

2. Holding land in one's possession, typically as a property owner.
   - Simple: Owning land, especially land that belongs to you as the owner.
   - _The landed classes derived much of their influence from rural estates._
   - _By the time he came of age, the family was thoroughly landed and respected._
3. Consisting of land, especially an estate or holding vested in a single owner.
   - Simple: Made up of land, especially land that has one owner.
   - _The bulk of the inheritance was landed property rather than cash._
   - _Their landed estates stretched for miles along the river valley._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English londed, from Old English ġelandod; by surface analysis it is 'land' plus the suffix '-ed'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/landed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).