noun
Meaning 1
The act of settling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- settlement of debt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
settlement
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/
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[ˈsɛtəɫmənt]
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[ˈsɛtɫ̩mn̩t]
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 T AH0 L M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being settled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 8
A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A resolution of a dispute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 11
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 12
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liquidation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion
Narrower terms: viatical settlement, viaticus settlement
noun
Meaning 14
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the British colonization of America
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colonization, colonisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
Narrower terms: population
noun
Meaning 15
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resolution, closure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decision making, deciding
noun
Meaning 16
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agreement, understanding
Narrower terms: accommodation, conclusion, out-of-court settlement, property settlement, accord and satisfaction
noun
Meaning 17
a community of people smaller than a town
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: village, small town
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: community
Narrower terms: moshav
noun
Meaning 18
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the American colony in Paris
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colony
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body
Narrower terms: frontier settlement, outpost, Plantation, proprietary colony, Demerara, Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe, Plymouth Colony, New Amsterdam
noun
Meaning 19
an area where a group of families live together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Narrower terms: village, hamlet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree 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.
Across languages
Translations
206 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: заселване (zaselvane) — the act of settling
- Finnish: asuttaminen — the act of settling
- Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת (hitnaẖlút) — the act of settling
- Hindi: बसना (basnā) — the act of settling
- Hungarian: letelepítés — the act of settling
- Hungarian: betelepítés — the act of settling
- Māori: whakataiwhenuatanga — the act of settling
- Polish: osadnictwo — the act of settling
- Polish: rozstrzygnięcie — the act of settling
- Swedish: bosättning — the act of settling
- Bulgarian: уседналост (usednalost) — the state of being settled
- Finnish: asuttaminen — the state of being settled
- French: règlement — the state of being settled
- French: solution — the state of being settled
- German: Regelung — the state of being settled
- German: Regulierung — the state of being settled
- German: Erledigung — the state of being settled
- Greek: συμφωνία (symfonía) — the state of being settled
- Greek: διευθέτηση (diefthétisi) — the state of being settled
- Greek: τακτοποίηση (taktopoíisi) — the state of being settled
- Hungarian: letelepedés — the state of being settled
- Hungarian: letelepülés — the state of being settled
- Hungarian: betelepülés — the state of being settled
- Hungarian: betelepedés — the state of being settled
- Hungarian: megtelepedés — the state of being settled
- Irish: lonnaíocht — the state of being settled
- Irish: socrú — the state of being settled
- Japanese: 解決 (kaiketsu) — the state of being settled
- Malay: penempatan — the state of being settled
- Malay: penyelesaian — the state of being settled
- Māori: whakataiwhenuatanga — the state of being settled
- Polish: porozumienie — the state of being settled
- Polish: ugoda — the state of being settled
- Portuguese: estabelecer — the state of being settled
- Russian: урегули́рование (uregulírovanije) — the state of being settled
- Russian: удовлетворе́ние (udovletvorénije) — the state of being settled
- Russian: реше́ние (rešénije) — the state of being settled
- Telugu: తర్వాత (tarvāta) — the state of being settled
- Turkish: sulh olma — the state of being settled
- Turkish: uzlaşma — the state of being settled
- Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَرَة (mustaʕmara) — newly established colony
- Arabic: مُسْتَوْطَنَة (mustawṭana) — newly established colony
- Arabic: مستوطنة (mustáwtane) — newly established colony
- Belarusian: пасяле́нне (pasjaljénnje) — newly established colony
- Belarusian: пасяле́ньне (pasjaljénʹnje) — newly established colony
- Belarusian: пасе́лiшча (pasjélišča) — newly established colony
- Belarusian: сялі́ба (sjalíba) — newly established colony
- Belarusian: аса́да (asáda) — newly established colony
- Bulgarian: се́лище (sélište) — newly established colony
- Bulgarian: посе́лище (posélište) — newly established colony
- Catalan: assentament — newly established colony
- Chinese Mandarin: 定居點 /定居点 (dìngjūdiǎn) — newly established colony
- Chinese Mandarin: 殖民地 (zhímíndì) — newly established colony
- Coptic: ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (čerčē) — newly established colony
- Czech: osada — newly established colony
- Dutch: nederzetting — newly established colony
- Esperanto: kolonio — newly established colony
- Finnish: siirtokunta — newly established colony
- Finnish: uudisasutus — newly established colony
- French: colonie — newly established colony
- Galician: asentamento — newly established colony
- German: Ansiedlung — newly established colony
- German: Siedlung — newly established colony
- German: Niederlassung — newly established colony
- German: Kolonie — newly established colony
- Greek: οικισμός (oikismós) — newly established colony
- Greek: αποικισμός (apoikismós) — newly established colony
- Hebrew: הִתְנַחֲלוּת (hitnaḥlút) — newly established colony
- Hindi: बस्ती (bastī) — newly established colony
- Hungarian: telep — newly established colony
- Hungarian: kolónia — newly established colony
- Irish: lonnaíocht — newly established colony
- Italian: insediamento — newly established colony
- Japanese: 入植 (nyūshoku) — newly established colony
- Japanese: 定住 (teijū) — newly established colony
- Japanese: 植民地 (shokuminchi) — newly established colony
- Japanese: 前哨地 (zenshōchi) — newly established colony
- Khmer: ការតាំងទីលំនៅ (kaatangtiilumnɨw) — newly established colony
- Central Kurdish: نیشتگە (nîştge) — newly established colony
- Macedonian: населба (naselba) — newly established colony
- Nepali: बस्ती (bastī) — newly established colony
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: setlment — newly established colony
- Plautdietsch: Aunsiedlunk — newly established colony
- Polish: osada — newly established colony
- Polish: osiedle — newly established colony
- Portuguese: povoação — newly established colony
- Portuguese: assentamento — newly established colony
- Russian: поселе́ние (poselénije) — newly established colony
- Russian: коло́ния (kolónija) — newly established colony
- Russian: посёлок (posjólok) — newly established colony
- Serbo-Croatian: на́се̄ље — newly established colony
- Serbo-Croatian: násēlje — newly established colony
- Slovak: osada — newly established colony
- Slovene: naselje — newly established colony
- Slovene: naselbina — newly established colony
- Spanish: poblado — newly established colony
- Spanish: asentamiento — newly established colony
- Swedish: koloni — newly established colony
- Tibetan: གཞིས་ཆགས (gzhis chags) — newly established colony
- Turkish: yerleşim birimi — newly established colony
- Ukrainian: посе́лення (posélennja) — newly established colony
- Ukrainian: оса́да (osáda) — newly established colony
- Azerbaijani: yaşayış məntəqəsi — community of people living together; populated place
- Belarusian: насе́лены пункт (nasjéljeny punkt) — community of people living together; populated place
- Bulgarian: селище (selište) — community of people living together; populated place
- Catalan: assentament — community of people living together; populated place
- Esperanto: loĝloko — community of people living together; populated place
- Finnish: asutus — community of people living together; populated place
- French: agglomération — community of people living together; populated place
- French: établissement — community of people living together; populated place
- German: Siedlung — community of people living together; populated place
- Hebrew: יִשּׁוּב (yishúv) — community of people living together; populated place
- Hindi: बस्ती (bastī) — community of people living together; populated place
- Hungarian: település — community of people living together; populated place
- Indonesian: permukiman — community of people living together; populated place
- Macedonian: населба (naselba) — community of people living together; populated place
- Malay: petempatan — community of people living together; populated place
- Norwegian Bokmål: bosetning — community of people living together; populated place
- Pohnpeian: kahnihmw — community of people living together; populated place
- Polish: osada — community of people living together; populated place
- Portuguese: assentamento — community of people living together; populated place
- Romanian: așezare — community of people living together; populated place
- Russian: населённый пункт (naseljónnyj punkt) — community of people living together; populated place
- Sanskrit: विश् (viś) — community of people living together; populated place
- Sanskrit: ग्राम (grāma) — community of people living together; populated place
- Spanish: asentamiento — community of people living together; populated place
- Swedish: samhälle — community of people living together; populated place
- Turkish: yerleşim — community of people living together; populated place
- Ukrainian: насе́лений пункт (nasélenyj punkt) — community of people living together; populated place
- Ukrainian: посе́лення (posélennja) — community of people living together; populated place
- Bulgarian: слягане (sljagane) — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Catalan: assentament — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Danish: sætning — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Danish: sætningsskade — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Finnish: laskeutuminen — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- German: Absenkung — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- German: Senkung — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Greek: καθίζηση (kathízisi) — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Hungarian: süllyedés — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Polish: osiadanie — (architecture) gradual sinking of a building
- Bulgarian: разплащане (razplaštane) — (finance) delivery and payment
- Catalan: quitança — (finance) delivery and payment
- Finnish: kaupan toteuttaminen — (finance) delivery and payment
- Finnish: suoritus — (finance) delivery and payment
- Finnish: toimitus — (finance) delivery and payment
- German: Abrechnung — (finance) delivery and payment
- Greek: διακανονισμός (diakanonismós) — (finance) delivery and payment
- Greek: εκκαθάριση (ekkathárisi) — (finance) delivery and payment
- Greek: εξόφληση (exóflisi) — (finance) delivery and payment
- Hindi: भुगतान (bhugtān) — (finance) delivery and payment
- Hungarian: kifizetés — (finance) delivery and payment
- Hungarian: kiegyenlítés — (finance) delivery and payment
- Hungarian: megfizetés — (finance) delivery and payment
- Hungarian: rendezés — (finance) delivery and payment
- Indonesian: penyelesaian — (finance) delivery and payment
- Malay: pembayaran — (finance) delivery and payment
- Polish: rozliczenie — (finance) delivery and payment
- Polish: spłacenie — (finance) delivery and payment
- Polish: uregulowanie — (finance) delivery and payment
- Portuguese: liquidação — (finance) delivery and payment
- Slovene: poravnava — (finance) delivery and payment
- Spanish: finiquito — (finance) delivery and payment
- Catalan: acord — (law) disposition of property
- French: acte de propriété — (law) disposition of property
- German: Überschreibung — (law) disposition of property
- Greek: μεταγραφή (metagrafí) — (law) disposition of property
- Greek: εκχώρηση (ekchórisi) — (law) disposition of property
- Hungarian: hozomány — (law) disposition of property
- Irish: socrú — (law) disposition of property
- Malay: peruntukan — (law) disposition of property
- Polish: zapisanie — (law) disposition of property
- Spanish: acuerdo — (law) disposition of property
- Bulgarian: седалище (sedalište) — (law) settled place of abode
- Finnish: asunto — (law) settled place of abode
- German: Wohnsitz — (law) settled place of abode
- Polish: zasiedzenie — (law) settled place of abode
- Abkhaz: аҭы́шәныртәалара (atə́ŝwnərtwʼalara) — (law) resolution
- Armenian: կարգավորման (kargavorman) — (law) resolution
- Azerbaijani: həll — (law) resolution
- Bulgarian: постановление (postanovlenie) — (law) resolution
- Bulgarian: решение (rešenie) — (law) resolution
- Catalan: quitança — (law) resolution
- Chechen: дӏадерзор (dˀaderzor) — (law) resolution
- Chechen: тадар (tadar) — (law) resolution
- Danish: forlig — (law) resolution
- Finnish: ratkaisu — (law) resolution
- French: arrangement — (law) resolution
- Galician: avinza — (law) resolution
- Georgian: მოგვარება (mogvareba) — (law) resolution
- German: Vergleich — (law) resolution
- German: Ausgleich — (law) resolution
- German: Abfindung — (law) resolution
- Hungarian: megegyezés — (law) resolution
- Hungarian: egyezség — (law) resolution
- Hungarian: megállapodás — (law) resolution
- Hungarian: rendezés — (law) resolution
- Indonesian: penyelesaian — (law) resolution
- Irish: socrú — (law) resolution
- Kazakh: бітімгершілік келісім (bıtımgerşılık kelısım) — (law) resolution
- Kazakh: бәтуалы келісім (bätualy kelısım) — (law) resolution
- Malay: penyelesaian — (law) resolution
- Polish: rozstrzygnięcie — (law) resolution
- Spanish: finiquito — (law) resolution
- Swedish: förlikning — (law) resolution
- Turkish: tediye — (law) resolution
- Turkish: tesviye — (law) resolution
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