Settlement

['set(ə)lm(ə)nt] or ['sɛtlmənt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it.

(noun.) an area where a group of families live together.

編輯:斯坦利--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

(n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.

(n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.

(n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.

(n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.

(n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.

(n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.

(n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.

(n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.

(n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.

(n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.

(n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

(n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.

艾伯特整理

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Adjustment, arrangement.[2]. Reconciliation, pacification.[3]. Liquidation, payment, discharge.[4]. Colonization.[5]. Colony.[6]. [U. S.] Ordination, installation.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Subsidence, dregs, residuum, precipitation, colonization, location, colony

ANT:Excitement, perturbation, turbidity, fluctuation

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