landmark
Americannoun
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a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location.
The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
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something used to mark the boundary of land.
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a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status landmark designation, ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.
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a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc..
The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a prominent or well-known object in or feature of a particular landscape
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an important or unique decision, event, fact, discovery, etc
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a boundary marker or signpost
Other Word Forms
- unlandmarked adjective
Etymology
Origin of landmark
before 1000; Middle English; Old English landmearc. See land, mark 1
Example Sentences
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The concert will be broadcast on 21 March live from Gwanghwamun Square, one of Seoul's most symbolic landmarks.
From BBC
“But we need a landmark to make it make sense,” Dad says quietly, almost to himself.
From Literature
The announcement comes less than a week after India and the European Union announced a landmark trade deal that capped nearly two decades of on-off talks.
From BBC
Carlos Alcaraz says that his absolute hatred of losing drives him to keep making landmarks after becoming the youngest man to win all four Grand Slam tournaments.
From Barron's
A sea of colour lit up Malaysia's landmark Batu Caves outside the capital Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered to celebrate Thaipusam, one of the religion's most revered festivals.
From Barron's
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