settlement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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English settle
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English settlement
From settle + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: settlements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of settling.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: settlement of debt
gloss: The state of being settled.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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 […]
gloss: A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A resolution of a dispute.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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 […]
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: India
countable
historical
uncountable
Synonyms: settlement
Related words: settler
municipality
Derived words: antisettlement
dissettlement
human settlement
life settlement
nonsettlement
outsettlement
phantom settlement
postsettlement
presettlement
resettlement
settlement agreement
settlementation
settlement currency
settlement date
settlement house
settlement tank
unsettlement
urban-type settlement
viatical settlement
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