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noun : SETTLEMENTS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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; "the American colony in Paris" ;
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2. (
) a community of people smaller than a town ;
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3. (
) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it ;
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4. (
) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" ;
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5. (
) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "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" ;
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6. (
) an area where a group of families live together ;
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7. (
) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities ;
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