LANDMARK


Meaning of LANDMARK in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a landmark case (= one that established a principle for the first time )

a landmark case about copyright protection for computer software

famous landmark (= a famous place or building that is easy to recognize )

The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark .

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

familiar

Shops were dark, cold and uninviting. Familiar landmarks , like the neons of theatres and cinemas, disappeared.

In the movie business, such voyages are usually package tours -- rushed itineraries, familiar landmarks , superficial observations.

Hospital goes: A familiar landmark in Hartlepool has been reduced to a pile of rubble by bulldozers.

The awkward biped stood and looked out over the tops of the grass at a landscape empty of familiar landmarks .

For older people, the familiar landmarks of their lives have been bulldozed, leaving them bewildered and uncertain.

He looked down at London, searching for the tall familiar landmark , his eyes glazed but still seeing.

They were further into the forest than she had ever been before. Familiar landmarks had already disappeared.

A popular rendezvous and a familiar landmark with its prominent clock tower.

famous

His move secures the 14 jobs at the site and keeps the famous A3 landmark alive.

The island looms larger until we sight its famous landmark , the Abbey - grey, formidable, not at all picturesque.

What famous landmarks will you pass?

For he is responsible for maintaining the sophisticated plumbing system inside the famous landmark .

The century-old tower, one of Middlesbrough's most famous landmarks , is crumbling and needs more than £40,000-worth of repair work.

Read in studio One of the region's most famous landmarks is celebrating its five hundredth birthday.

historic

Our man at the Yard Historic landmark buildings loom large in Geoff Lewry's life.

They organized quickly, and had the Tiradito Wishing Shrine declared a national historic landmark .

Nelson, historic landmarks from the early days of the fur-trader, the gold miner and the explorer.

It would neither be the subject of uninformed scandal, nor slated to become a national historic landmark in our city.

Washington the home town and Washington the historic landmark are physically the same but logistically, legally and pragmatically separate entities.

important

To a sports fanatic like me, the Maracana would be as important a landmark as Sugar Loaf Mountain.

The next important landmark comes with a 7.6 % swing.

The birth of a child is an important landmark in the lives of all concerned.

The total project cost was over £1.5 million - money well spent to secure the future of this important Paisley landmark .

local

Another listed building is the fine windmill which stands on the hill above the village and makes an outstanding local landmark .

Downtown News editorial staff a behind-the-scenes look at what will be a major new local landmark .

Learned local landmarks are a feasible means to navigation in a local, familiar area.

Select a local landmark on a 250,000 scale map and draw in the correct quadrant.

It is owned by the National Trust and is a permanent local landmark .

major

Many of these are major landmarks rising high above surrounding houses, but often they are far too large for present congregations.

Downtown News editorial staff a behind-the-scenes look at what will be a major new local landmark .

The major landmark is, perhaps, the foundation of the Royal Society of London in 1660.

They lounge outside the major landmarks including the entrances to the parliament building.

new

Downtown News editorial staff a behind-the-scenes look at what will be a major new local landmark .

■ NOUN

decision

In a landmark decision , the U. S. Supreme Court disagreed.

■ VERB

become

It has become a landmark not only for Palomar College but also for pilots using Palomar-McClellan Airport.

It would neither be the subject of uninformed scandal, nor slated to become a national historic landmark in our city.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a landmark court victory

Getting my first part in a movie was a major landmark in my life.

The Washington Monument is a popular historical landmark .

This new drug is a landmark in the treatment of cancer.

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