"settlement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈset.l.mənt/ Audio: en-us-settlement.ogg [US] Forms: settlement [singular], settlements [plural]
Etymology: settle + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|settle|ment}} settle + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A settlement is a small, new colony; a new place for people to live.
    Sense id: simple-settlement-en-noun-GN5RRRkw
  2. A settlement is a decision made to fix and end a legal argument between two people.
    Sense id: simple-settlement-en-noun-X2UD5Xp4
  3. Settlement is when people are settling someplace, that is moving to it
    Sense id: simple-settlement-en-noun-ysjjnGVF
  4. Settlement is what happens when a building falls into the ground very very slowly.
    Sense id: simple-settlement-en-noun-ferCbsOr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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