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Definition land in British English

land noun

noun
/lænd/

Country is the usual word for talking about a large area of land with recognized political borders, like Italy, Mexico, or Japan: Brazil is a big country.the countries of Europe.Most of the country will have rain tomorrow.

Land can mean the same as country, but it is often a literary word. Native land is sometimes used to describe the country someone belongs to: She longed to return to her native land.

People call a place a land when they want to be mysterious or to sound emotional or old-fashioned: It is the land of my ancestors.My story begins in a land far, far away.

1

an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as farming or building

Example

acres of agricultural land

Example

The land around here is quite flat.

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1.1

an area where the soil has particular qualities

Example

Most of the world's fertile land is already being cultivated.

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1.2

an area that someone owns, often including the buildings on it. You can also refer to someone's lands, and this has the same meaning

Example

The company bought the land last year.

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Some of his land had been flooded.

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Their ancient tribal lands have been taken away.

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a vacant plot of land (=piece of land)

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2

the part of the Earth's surface that is not the sea

Example

The boxes eventually drifted to land after being in the sea for a week.

Example

Swans are graceful swimmers, but they're clumsy on land.

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3

a country, or a region

Example

the mountains of distant lands

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The news quickly spread throughout the land.

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a land of wondrous wildlife and sweeping beauty

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Many people emigrated to Canada believing that it was a land of opportunity.

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3.1

an imaginary place

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the land of make-believe

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He's living in a fantasy land.

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4

the countryside considered as a place to grow your own food or live in a simple healthy way

Example

They left the city and went back to the land to raise their children.

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Definition land in British English