landscape
Americannoun
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landscapes
plural
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a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
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a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.
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Fine Arts. the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.
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Obsolete. a panoramic view of scenery; vista.
verb (used with object)
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landscapes,
present (3rd person singular)
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landscaped,
past participle, past
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landscaping
present participle
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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.
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to improve the landscape of.
verb (used without object)
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landscapes,
present (3rd person singular)
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landscaped,
past participle, past
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landscaping
present participle
adjective
noun
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an extensive area of land regarded as being visually distinct
ugly slagheaps dominated the landscape
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a painting, drawing, photograph, etc, depicting natural scenery
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the genre including such pictures
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( as modifier )
landscape painter
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the distinctive features of a given area of intellectual activity, regarded as an integrated whole
the landscape of the European imagination
adjective
verb
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(tr) to improve the natural features of (a garden, park, etc), as by creating contoured features and planting trees
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(intr) to work as a landscape gardener
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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landscapesimple
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landscapessimple
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have landscapedperfect
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has landscapedperfect
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am landscapingprogressive
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are landscapingprogressive
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is landscapingprogressive
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have been landscapingperfect progressive
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has been landscapingperfect progressive
Past
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landscapedsimple
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had landscapedperfect
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was landscapingprogressive
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were landscapingprogressive
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had been landscapingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of landscape
First recorded in 1590–1600; 1925–30 landscape for def. 5; from Dutch landschap; cognate with Old English landsceap, landscipe; akin to German Landschaft; equivalent to land + -ship
Explanation
To landscape is to enhance a space with plants. If you landscape your yard with flowering plants and trees — and you have a green thumb — you'll end up with a beautiful garden. If you paint nature scenes, like mountains, lakes, or fields, your art is called landscape painting. If you don't paint that well, however, and the perspective on your landscapes is always a little bit off, you can try landscape photography instead. Any expanse of natural scenery that can be seen from one viewpoint is also called a landscape. The artistic meaning of landscape is the earliest, dating from the 1600s.
Vocabulary lists containing landscape
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A quintessential American author gets his due: There are countless American writers who have shaped the country’s literary landscape, but one famous figure rarely gets mentioned in the conversation.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
Across this scarred landscape of abandoned farm fields and derelict villages are thousands of infantrymen, like Vlasenko, scattered in ones and twos, sheltering in makeshift bunkers—the humans in a robot war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
A lush landscape of 6,000 native plants sits atop the 101 overpass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The landscape prior to the New Deal was one of government inaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The landscape had a bleak splendor—rocky cliffs, spotted with hardy-looking trees which grew, windswept, amid the stone.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
"The Papua LNG footprint will pass through densely forested landscapes, fragile ecosystem, floodplains and mangrove-covered coastlines," the centre wrote in a letter seen by AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
"We love to live the Halloween vibes, autumn. It's simply beautiful. The landscapes, everything, really."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Wood spent time painting Impressionist landscapes in France in the 1920s, but his work didn’t attract much notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
There are many routes that can take you east from the 395 and deep into the parched heart of these landscapes, but there is one route that stands above the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
As cultural ecologist Paul Shepard has observed, The nomadic Bedouin does not dote on scenery, paint landscapes, or compile a nonutilitarian natural history..
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Waveny, the New Canaan, Conn., estate where I grew up, sat on 400 acres landscaped by the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, the co-designer of New York’s Central Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Imagine a sprawling network of roomy bike lanes, generously landscaped to calm relentless traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Planning documents lodged for the property said it "occupies an elevated position overlooking the Usk Valley, set within extensive landscaped grounds and the remnant parkland of a former estate".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Down a long gated driveway on a secluded and beautifully landscaped flag lot, this exceptional Bridgehampton South residence offers sophisticated luxury living in one of the Hamptons’ most coveted locations,” it states.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
There would be a glimpse of green—the landscaped lawn around the Central Plaza; a bush on the riverbank.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
They added that clean soil and other landscaping materials have been placed over properties “to prevent contact with lead in soil.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
When Julianna and Mark Hayes decided to overhaul the landscaping at their home in Northern California’s Marin County, they weren’t legally required to clear a 5-foot perimeter surrounding their house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, a Mexican national and West Adams resident, appeared in court wearing a reflective vest with the name of a landscaping company, blue jeans and boots with the American flag on them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The firm also said the facility could create up to 150 permanent jobs and that it would create planting and landscaping to screen the development and reduce the visual impact.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Weeds creep up through the cracks in the pavement as a reminder that the focus here is tacos and not landscaping.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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