settlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/
ipa: [ˈsɛtəɫmənt]
ipa: [ˈsɛtɫ̩mn̩t]
Forms: form: settlements
Etymology: From settle + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: settlement of debt
glosses: The act of settling.
glosses: The state of being settled.
examples: text: Such anthropophilous behaviour makes it a good candidate for a commensal relationship with humans at the Neolithic settlements of Quanhucun, Wuzhuangguoliang and Xiawanggang, as well as other Middle and Late Neolithic settlements in China […]
ref: 2016 January 23, “Earliest “Domestic” Cats in China Identified as Leopard Cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
examples: text: Here, after months of relative inactivity, Russian forces have drastically increased the intensity of their offensive operations targeting the villages of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. These villages, located south of Velyka Novosilka, hold tactical and symbolic significance, as these are the last settlements that Ukrainian forces recaptured during their counteroffensive in the summer of 2023.
ref: 2024 May 23, “Reporting from Ukraine” (channel name), 22 May: NOT SO FAST! Ukrainian Forces STOP & COUNTERATTACK RUSSIANS in Urozhaine | War in Ukraine, via YouTube, 0:04–0:27:
glosses: A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
topics: architecture
glosses: The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
topics: law
glosses: A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
topics: law
glosses: A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
topics: law
glosses: A resolution of a dispute.
examples: text: The family of a^([sic]) Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6million settlement […] As part of the settlement, the city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre […]
ref: 2021 April 11, A. Hutton, “Kyle Plush: $6million settlement for family of Ohio teen who was crushed to death in 2018”, in The Independent:
topics: law
glosses: A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
glosses: An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.
Synonyms: sense: A resolution of a dispute
word: arrangement
sense: A resolution of a dispute
word: disposition
word: settlement
Hyponyms: word: city
word: cytee
word: eco-city
word: town
word: village
word: hamlet
word: metropolis
word: burg
Meronyms: word: abode
word: alley
word: avenue
word: building
word: house
word: hut
word: palace
word: section of a town
word: street
word: square
word: urban dweller
Derived terms: phantom settlement
settlement agreement
settlement currency
settlement date
settlement house
settlement tank
urban-type settlement
Related terms: word: settler
word: municipality