SETTLEMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
   Synonym(s)
   • liquidation (what does liquidation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • termination (what does termination mean?)
   • ending (what does ending mean?)
   • conclusion (what does conclusion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • viatical settlement (what does viatical settlement mean?)
   • viaticus settlement (what does viaticus settlement mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • liquidate (what does liquidate mean?)
   • pay off (what does pay off mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of colonizing
   • the establishment of colonies
   Synonym(s)
   • colonisation (what does colonisation mean?)
   • colonization (what does colonization mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the British colonization of America
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • constitution (what does constitution mean?)
   • establishment (what does establishment mean?)
   • formation (what does formation mean?)
   • organization (what does organization mean?)
   • organisation (what does organisation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • population (what does population mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • locate (what does locate mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
3. Meaning
   • something settled or resolved
   • the outcome of decision making
   Synonym(s)
   • closure (what does closure mean?)
   • resolution (what does resolution mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the 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
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decision making (what does decision making mean?)
   • deciding (what does deciding mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • agreement (what does agreement mean?)
   • understanding (what does understanding mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • accommodation (what does accommodation mean?)
   • conclusion (what does conclusion mean?)
   • out-of-court settlement (what does out-of-court settlement mean?)
   • property settlement (what does property settlement mean?)
   • accord and satisfaction (what does accord and satisfaction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • square off (what does square off mean?)
   • square up (what does square up mean?)
   • determine (what does determine mean?)
   • decide (what does decide mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • resolve (what does resolve mean?)
   • adjudicate (what does adjudicate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a community of people smaller than a town
   Synonym(s)
   • small town (what does small town mean?)
   • village (what does village mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • community (what does community mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • moshav (what does moshav mean?)
6. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • colony (what does colony mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body (what does body mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • frontier settlement (what does frontier settlement mean?)
   • outpost (what does outpost mean?)
   • Plantation (what does Plantation mean?)
   • proprietary colony (what does proprietary colony mean?)
   • Demerara (what does Demerara mean?)
   • Gibraltar (what does Gibraltar mean?)
   • Rock of Gibraltar (what does Rock of Gibraltar mean?)
   • Calpe (what does Calpe mean?)
   • Plymouth Colony (what does Plymouth Colony mean?)
   • New Amsterdam (what does New Amsterdam mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • locate (what does locate mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
   • colonize (what does colonize mean?)
   • colonise (what does colonise mean?)
7. Meaning
   • an area where a group of families live together
   Hypernyms(s) settlement is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • geographical area (what does geographical area mean?)
   • geographic area (what does geographic area mean?)
   • geographical region (what does geographical region mean?)
   • geographic region (what does geographic region mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • village (what does village mean?)
   • hamlet (what does hamlet mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • locate (what does locate mean?)