Dictionary Check: settlement
"settlement" is a valid word!
Scrabble
12
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Words with Friends
15
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Definition
noun
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
Example:
"the American colony in Paris"
noun
a community of people smaller than a town
noun
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
noun
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
Example:
"the British colonization of America"
noun
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
Example:
"they finally reached a settlement with the union"
noun
an area where a group of families live together
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