landscape

[ land-skeyp ]

/ ˈlændˌskeɪp /

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noun

a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.

a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.

Fine Arts. the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.

Obsolete. a panoramic view of scenery; vista.

verb (used with object), land·scaped, land·scap·ing.

to improve the appearance of (an area of land, a highway, etc.), as by planting trees, shrubs, or grass, or altering the contours of the ground.

to improve the landscape of.

verb (used without object), land·scaped, land·scap·ing.

to do landscape gardening as a profession.

adjective

Digital Technology. relating to or producing horizontal, sideways orientation of computer or other digital output, with lines of data parallel to the two longer sides of a page or screen.Compare portrait(def 3).

Nearby words

landry syndrome, landry's paralysis, landry-guillain-barré syndrome, lands, landsat, landscape, landscape architect, landscape architecture, landscape gardener, landscape gardening, landscaper

Origin of landscape

1590–1600; 1925–30 for def 6; < Dutch landschap; cognate with Old English landsceap, landscipe; akin to German Landschaft. See land, -ship

SYNONYMS FOR landscape

1 view, scenery, vista, prospect.

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Related formsre·land·scape, verb, re·land·scaped, re·land·scap·ing.

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Examples from the Web for landscape

We have reached a tipping point where mega donors completely dominate the landscape.
The 100 Rich People Who Run America|Mark McKinnon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
No schools, churches or hospitals have been rebuilt yet, though temporary structures are now permanent fixtures on the landscape.
Madonna, Carla Bruni & Obama Abandoned Pledges To Rebuild L'Aquila After The Quake|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And these initiatives represent an effort to fundamentally rethink our landscape.
Parks and Regeneration|The Daily Beast|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ultimately international cooperation and collaboration took root, and the landscape is already very different.
Luxembourg and China Team Up on Private Mission to the Moon|Matthew R. Francis|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Like Broadway, the landscape of reality TV has been changing drastically and rapidly in recent years.
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They begin with an historical picture, its landscape and buildings, in one compartment.
A Treatise on Painting|Leonardo Da Vinci
The landscape was glorious, but the boy felt bitter and would not regard it.
The Higher Court|Mary Stewart Daggett
In a landscape like this, as she well knew, nothing moves unobserved.
The Forester's Daughter|Hamlin Garland
Forests and rivers, orchards and lakes, cultivated fields and beautiful villages adorned the landscape.
Hernando Cortez|John S. C. Abbott
The landscape became visible, fields of ash stretching out in all directions.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick

British Dictionary definitions for landscape

landscape

/ (ˈlændˌskeɪp) /

noun

an extensive area of land regarded as being visually distinctugly slagheaps dominated the landscape

a painting, drawing, photograph, etc, depicting natural scenery

the genre including such pictures
(as modifier)landscape painter

the distinctive features of a given area of intellectual activity, regarded as an integrated wholethe landscape of the European imagination

adjective

printing

(of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater width than heightCompare portrait (def. 3)
(of a page) carrying an illustration or table printed at right angles to the normal text

verb

(tr) to improve the natural features of (a garden, park, etc), as by creating contoured features and planting trees

(intr) to work as a landscape gardener

Word Origin for landscape

C16 landskip (originally a term in painting), from Middle Dutch lantscap region; related to Old English landscipe tract of land, Old High German lantscaf region

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Word Origin and History for landscape (1 of 2)

landscape

c.1600, "painting representing natural scenery," from Dutch landschap, from Middle Dutch landscap "region," from land "land" (see land) + -scap "-ship, condition" (see -ship). Originally introduced as a painters' term. Old English had cognate landscipe, and cf. Old High German lantscaf, German Landschaft, Old Norse landskapr. Meaning "tract of land with its distinguishing characteristics" is from 1886.

Word Origin and History for landscape (1 of 2)

landscape

"to lay out lawns, gardens, etc., plant trees for the sake of beautification," by 1916, from landscape (n). Related: Landscaped; landscaping.

landscape

noun

verb (used with object), land·scaped, land·scap·ing.

verb (used without object), land·scaped, land·scap·ing.

adjective

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