settlement
nounHow many syllables in settlement?
There are 3 syllables in the word settlement.How to pronounce settlement:
Definition of settlement:
- settlement (noun):
- the act or process of settling
- an official agreement ending a dispute
- 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.
Synonyms for settlement:
adjustment
agreement
arrangement
bargain
body
closure
colonial
colonisation
colonization
colony
compact
completion
conclusion
confirmation
contract
convention
covenant
deal
disposition
establishment
frontier settlement
liquidation
outpost
pact
promise
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Antonyms for settlement:
antagonism
beginning
breach
break
confusion
denial
disagreement
discord
dissension
fight
indecision
introduction
misunderstanding
nonconformity
receipt
refusal
start
strangeness
veto
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Syllable Fun Fact
In non-linear phonology, the syllable is seen not as a linear sequence but as a hierarchical structure of constituents.
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