settlement, n.
(settlements)
freq. cnt. 14
(settlements)
freq. cnt. 14
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.group> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
colony settlement
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"the American colony in Paris"
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
colonisation colonization settlement
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"the British colonization of America"
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a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
settlement
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a community of people smaller than a town
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 35 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2
settlement small town village
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
closure resolution settlement
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"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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termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
liquidation settlement
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an area where a group of families live together
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