English dictionary
settlement
nounPronunciation
ˈset.l.mənt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
noun
- the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
noun
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
noun
- a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
noun
- a community of people smaller than a town
noun
- 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
noun
- an area where a group of families live together
Example sentences
the British colonization of America
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
the American colony in Paris