English noun: settlement | |||
1. | settlement (group) 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 | ||
Samples | The American colony in Paris. | ||
Synonyms | colony | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | frontier settlement, outpost, Plantation, proprietary colony | ||
Instance hyponym | Calpe, Demerara, Gibraltar, New Amsterdam, Plymouth Colony, Rock of Gibraltar | ||
Member holonym | colonial | ||
2. | settlement (group) a community of people smaller than a town | ||
Synonyms | small town, village | ||
Broader (hypernym) | community | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | moshav | ||
3. | settlement (communication) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agreement, understanding | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accommodation, accord and satisfaction, conclusion, out-of-court settlement, property settlement | ||
4. | settlement (act) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | ||
Samples | The British colonization of America. | ||
Synonyms | colonisation, colonization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | population | ||
5. | settlement (cognition) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | closure, resolution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deciding, decision making | ||
6. | settlement (location) an area where a group of families live together | ||
Broader (hypernym) | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hamlet, village | ||
7. | settlement (act) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | ||
Synonyms | liquidation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | viatical settlement, viaticus settlement | ||