| settlement | | |
| n. (group) | 1. colony, settlement | 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.; "the American colony in Paris" |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ frontier settlement, outpost | a settlement on the frontier of civilization. |
| ~ plantation | a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America).; "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century" |
| ~ proprietary colony | a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century). |
| ~ demerara | a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana. |
| ~ calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ plymouth colony | colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. |
| ~ new amsterdam | a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York. |
| ~ colonial | a resident of a colony. |
| n. (group) | 2. settlement, small town, village | a community of people smaller than a town. |
| ~ community | a group of people living in a particular local area.; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" |
| ~ moshav | a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms. |
| n. (communication) | 3. settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. |
| ~ agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
| ~ accommodation | a settlement of differences.; "they reached an accommodation with Japan" |
| ~ conclusion | a final settlement.; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty" |
| ~ out-of-court settlement | resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court. |
| ~ property settlement | (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage. |
| ~ accord and satisfaction | the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt. |
| n. (act) | 4. colonisation, colonization, settlement | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.; "the British colonization of America" |
| ~ establishment, constitution, formation, organisation, organization | the act of forming or establishing something.; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" |
| ~ population | the act of populating (causing to live in a place).; "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. closure, resolution, settlement | 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" |
| ~ deciding, decision making | the cognitive process of reaching a decision.; "a good executive must be good at decision making" |
| n. (location) | 6. settlement | an area where a group of families live together. |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ village, hamlet | a settlement smaller than a town. |
| n. (act) | 7. liquidation, settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ viaticus settlement, viatical settlement | sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder. |
| arrange | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ regularise, regularize | make regular or more regular.; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" |
| ~ order | place in a certain order.; "order the photos chronologically" |
| ~ order | bring order to or into.; "Order these files" |
| ~ straighten | make straight or straighter.; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" |
| ~ rearrange | put into a new order or arrangement.; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room" |
| ~ serialise, serialize | arrange serially.; "Serialize the numbers" |
| ~ alphabetise, alphabetize | arrange in alphabetical order.; "Alphabetize the list" |
| ~ coordinate, organise, organize | bring order and organization to.; "Can you help me organize my files?" |
| ~ stratify | form layers or strata.; "The rock stratifies" |
| ~ string, thread, draw | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ marshal | arrange in logical order.; "marshal facts or arguments" |
| ~ string | stretch out or arrange like a string. |
| ~ string out, spread out | set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series.; "the houses were strung out in a long row" |
| ~ preen, plume | clean with one's bill.; "The birds preened" |
| ~ stack | arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances.; "stack the deck of cards" |
| ~ chain | connect or arrange into a chain by linking. |
| ~ geminate, pair | arrange in pairs.; "Pair these numbers" |
| ~ concord | arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance.; "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives" |
| ~ cascade | arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible. |
| ~ settle | arrange or fix in the desired order.; "She settled the teacart" |
| ~ pyramid | arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid. |
| ~ corral | arrange wagons so that they form a corral. |
| ~ catenate, catenulate | arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores. |
| ~ decorate, dress | provide with decoration.; "dress the windows" |
| ~ array, lay out, set out, range | lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" |
| ~ wad, compact, bundle, pack | compress into a wad.; "wad paper into the box" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ pile, heap, stack | arrange in stacks.; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" |
| ~ stagger, distribute | to arrange in a systematic order.; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" |
| ~ drape | arrange in a particular way.; "drape a cloth" |
| ~ drape | place casually.; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" |
| ~ set | fix in a border.; "The goldsmith set the diamond" |
| ~ gradate | arrange according to grades.; "These lines are gradated" |
| ~ line up | form a line.; "The buildings all line up neatly" |
| v. (communication) | 2. arrange, fix up | make arrangements for.; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| ~ firm up | arrange firmly.; "firm up one's plans" |
| ~ concord | arrange by concord or agreement.; "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner" |
| ~ settle | dispose of; make a financial settlement. |
| v. (creation) | 3. arrange, stage | plan, organize, and carry out (an event).; "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| ~ dogfight | arrange for an illegal dogfight. |
| ~ tee up | make detailed arrangements or preparations. |
| ~ phase | arrange in phases or stages.; "phase a withdrawal" |
| v. (creation) | 4. arrange, format | set (printed matter) into a specific format.; "Format this letter so it can be printed out" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ indent | set in from the margin.; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" |
| ~ rubricate | furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics.; "the manuscript is not rubricated" |
| v. (body) | 5. arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set | arrange attractively.; "dress my hair for the wedding" |
| ~ bob | cut hair in the style of a bob.; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!" |
| ~ wave | set waves in.; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" |
| ~ neaten, groom | care for one's external appearance.; "He is always well-groomed" |
| ~ groom, curry, dress | give a neat appearance to.; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" |
| v. (creation) | 6. arrange, set | adapt for performance in a different way.; "set this poem to music" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ prearrange | arrange beforehand. |
| ~ compose, write | write music.; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
| ~ put | adapt.; "put these words to music" |
| ~ transpose | put (a piece of music) into another key. |
| ~ tabularise, tabularize, tabulate, table | arrange or enter in tabular form. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. arrange, order, put, set up | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
| ~ contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.; "synchronize biblical events" |
| ~ phrase | divide, combine, or mark into phrases.; "phrase a musical passage" |
| ~ organize, organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| dispose | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. dispose | give, sell, or transfer to another.; "She disposed of her parents' possessions" |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| ~ redispose | dispose anew.; "The goods were redisposed at a great loss" |
| v. (possession) | 2. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| ~ unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit. |
| ~ deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out; get rid of.; "deep-six these old souvenirs!" |
| ~ jettison | throw away, of something encumbering. |
| ~ junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ waste | get rid of.; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" |
| ~ get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| ~ dump | throw away as refuse.; "No dumping in these woods!" |
| ~ retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ liquidize, sell out, sell up | get rid of all one's merchandise. |
| ~ de-access | dispose of by selling.; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" |
| ~ close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of.; "He closed out his line of sports cars" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. dispose, incline | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.; "Their language inclines us to believe them" |
| ~ predispose | make susceptible.; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| v. (contact) | 4. dispose | place or put in a particular order.; "the dots are unevenly disposed" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (change) | 5. dispose, qualify | make fit or prepared.; "Your education qualifies you for this job" |
| ~ habilitate | qualify for teaching at a university in Europe.; "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university" |
| ~ capacitate | make capable.; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem" |
| ~ groom, train, prepare | educate for a future role or function.; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" |
| settle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. settee, settle | a long wooden bench with a back. |
| ~ bench | a long seat for more than one person. |
| v. (motion) | 2. settle, settle down | settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.; "dust settled on the roofs" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ sediment | settle as sediment. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle | bring to an end; settle conclusively.; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ judge | determine the result of (a competition). |
| ~ adjust | decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim. |
| v. (communication) | 4. determine, settle, square off, square up | settle conclusively; come to terms.; "We finally settled the argument" |
| ~ solve, clear | settle, as of a debt.; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt" |
| ~ concert | settle by agreement.; "concert one's differences" |
| ~ clinch | settle conclusively.; "clinch a deal" |
| ~ resolve, conclude | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. |
| ~ compromise | settle by concession. |
| v. (change) | 5. locate, settle | take up residence and become established.; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" |
| ~ colonise, colonize | settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).; "The British colonized the East Coast" |
| ~ resettle | settle in a new place.; "The immigrants had to resettle" |
| ~ move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" |
| v. (communication) | 6. conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile, settle | come to terms.; "After some discussion we finally made up" |
| ~ propitiate, appease | make peace with. |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| ~ make peace | end hostilities.; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace" |
| v. (motion) | 7. go down, go under, settle, sink | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ subside, settle | sink down or precipitate.; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" |
| ~ sink | cause to sink.; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" |
| ~ founder | sink below the surface. |
| ~ submerge, submerse | sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. |
| v. (change) | 8. root, settle, settle down, steady down, take root | become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.; "He finally settled down" |
| ~ stabilise, stabilize | become stable or more stable.; "The economy stabilized" |
| ~ roost | settle down or stay, as if on a roost. |
| v. (change) | 9. settle | become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet.; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy" |
| ~ become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| v. (change) | 10. settle | establish or develop as a residence.; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans" |
| ~ build up, develop | change the use of and make available or usable.; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up" |
| v. (motion) | 11. settle | come to rest. |
| ~ stop, halt | come to a halt, stop moving.; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" |
| v. (contact) | 12. settle | arrange or fix in the desired order.; "She settled the teacart" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (communication) | 13. settle | accept despite lack of complete satisfaction.; "We settled for a lower price" |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| v. (communication) | 14. settle | end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement.; "The two parties finally settled" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| v. (possession) | 15. settle | dispose of; make a financial settlement. |
| ~ prorate | make a proportional settlement or distribution. |
| ~ arrange, fix up | make arrangements for.; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?" |
| ~ pay | discharge or settle.; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation" |
| ~ square | pay someone and settle a debt.; "I squared with him" |
| ~ make up, pay off, compensate, pay | do or give something to somebody in return.; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" |
| ~ liquidate | settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off.; "liquidate a company" |
| ~ clean up | dispose of.; "settle the bills" |
| v. (motion) | 16. settle | become clear by the sinking of particles.; "the liquid gradually settled" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ settle | cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids). |
| v. (motion) | 17. settle | cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids). |
| ~ settle | become clear by the sinking of particles.; "the liquid gradually settled" |
| ~ sink | cause to sink.; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" |
| v. (motion) | 18. settle, subside | sink down or precipitate.; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| v. (contact) | 19. ensconce, settle | fix firmly.; "He ensconced himself in the chair" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (competition) | 20. get back, settle | get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury.; "I finally settled with my old enemy" |
| ~ fight, struggle, contend | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
| v. (change) | 21. finalise, finalize, nail down, settle | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.; "let's finalize the proposal" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| v. (change) | 22. settle | form a community.; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota" |
| ~ homestead | settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead. |
| ~ migrate, transmigrate | move from one country or region to another and settle there.; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries" |
| v. (change) | 23. descend, fall, settle | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
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