"settlement" meaning in English

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      "form": "settlements",
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        "A settlement is a small, new colony; a new place for people to live."
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        "A settlement is a decision made to fix and end a legal argument between two people."
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        "Settlement is when people are settling someplace, that is moving to it"
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        "Settlement is what happens when a building falls into the ground very very slowly."
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      "ipa": "/ˈset.l.mənt/"
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