landmark

«landmark» in Mova's school dictionary: a building or place that is easy to see and recognise… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a landmark, landmarks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A landmark is a building or place that is easy to see and recognise, which helps you know where you are. tree →

2) A landmark is a famous building or place, like the Statue of Liberty or the Sydney Opera House. tree →

3) A landmark is an important event or change, like a landmark decision. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, landmarks help with directions and map reading («turn left at the church»); famous landmarks include Big Ben and the Tower of London (UK), the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge (USA), the CN Tower (Canada), Uluru and the Sydney Opera House (Australia), the Sky Tower (New Zealand) and the Cliffs of Moher (Ireland). In safety, if you are lost, look for a landmark and remember it. In history, a landmark event changes things. Phrases: «a famous landmark», «local landmark», «landmark decision», «landmark building».

examples

• The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark. tree →
• Use landmarks to give directions: turn left at the post office. tree →
• Uluru is a landmark sacred to Aboriginal people. tree →
• The tall clock tower is a landmark in our town. tree →
• If you get lost, stand near a big landmark and wait. tree →
• We drew a map with landmarks on it. tree →
• The first Moon landing was a landmark in history. tree →
• Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks. tree →
• Its summit towered above all the other trees, and could be seen far out at sea, so that it served as a landmark to the sailors. tree →

note

Plural landmarks. Compound word: land + mark, one word. Not to be confused with «landmine» (a dangerous hidden bomb).

In the corpora

• Fish can learn simple mazes and remember the way, sometimes using landmarks like stones or plants.
• In tests honeybees learned to fly past a certain number of landmarks, up to about four, to find sugar water.
• A landmark is a feature that is easy to recognise and remember.
• Children who have not noticed landmarks often walk the wrong way and get more lost.
• Remembering a big, fixed landmark helps you and the adults find each other again.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «landmark» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.