settlement

IPA(Pronunciation)

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

定住する行為（住居を定める行為） / 定住状態（居住状態） / 新たに入植された地域、入植地、または植民地

After months of negotiation, the settlement finally ended the dispute between the neighbors.

数か月にわたる交渉の末、解決がついに隣人同士の争いを終わらせた。

Sense（1）

The act of settling.

settlement of debt

Sense（2）

The state of being settled.

Sense（3）

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

Sense（4）

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.

Sense（5）

(archeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.

Sense（6）

(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

Sense（7）

Sense（8）

(law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

Sense（9）

(law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.

Sense（10）

(law) A resolution of a dispute.

settlements

（ plural ）