Word: settlements
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
ttle
ments
Definition: Plural of settlement; the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
Morphemes:
Affix: settle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).