soft-land

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawft, soft land]
- /sɔft, sɒft lænd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawft, soft land]
- /sɔft, sɒft lænd/

Definitions of soft-land word

verb with object soft-land to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface. 1
verb without object soft-land to land slowly and without jarring impact: The craft will soft-land on the moon. 1

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Origin of soft-land

First appearance:

before 1955

One of the 4% newest English words

First recorded in 1955-60

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Parts of speech for Soft-land

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Soft-land

soft-land popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.