Settlement Definition

sĕtl-mənt
settlements
noun
settlements
A settling or being settled (in various senses)
Webster's New World
The settling or establishment of a person or a group of people, as in a new region or in a business.
American Heritage
A new colony, or a place newly colonized.
Webster's New World
A small or isolated community; village.
Webster's New World
A community established by the members of a particular religious or social group.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Settlement

Noun

Singular:
settlement
Plural:
settlements

Origin of Settlement

  • settle +"Ž -ment

    From Wiktionary

Settlement Sentence Examples

  • This new settlement lasted but a few years.

  • The first settlement on the site of Lincoln was made in 1835, and the city was first chartered in 1857.

  • The first permanent settlement on the peninsula was.

  • The hostility of certain tribes prevented its rapid settlement.

  • Before the boundary settlement of 1873 the small states of Roshan and Shignan extended to the left bank of the Oxus, and the province of Darwaz, on the other hand, extended to the right bank.

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Words Starting With

SSESET

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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