settlement
part of speech
noun (a settlement, settlements)
meaning for a pupil
1) A place where people have come to live and built homes, such as a village or small town: an early farming settlement. tree →
2) An agreement that ends an argument or legal case: The two sides reached a settlement. tree →
3) Paying money that is owed: settlement of a bill. tree →
4) The act of settling in a new land. tree →
5) Slow sinking of a building or ground. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and history lessons: early settlements were built near rivers for water, food and transport; types are hamlet, village, town, city. In maths, settlement populations are compared and ordered. In news, a legal settlement ends a quarrel with a payment. Phrases: «a Viking settlement», «reach a settlement», «in settlement of».
examples
- The first settlement was built beside the river. tree →
- A hamlet is the smallest kind of settlement. tree →
- The two companies reached a settlement. tree →
- The settlement had 120 people; the next one had 3 times as many. tree →
- Archaeologists found an old Viking settlement. tree →
- He paid $500 in settlement of the bill. tree →
- Early settlements needed water and shelter. tree →
- Hit got so dat fokes in de settlement didn't have no peace. tree →
note
Countable: settlements. Verb: settle; person: settler. Order of settlement size: hamlet < village < town < city.
Trees and pragmatics
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