Settlement (Noun)
Meaning 1
A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 2
A community of people smaller than a town.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 3
A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 6
Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 7
An area where a group of families live together.
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Nouns denoting spatial position.