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How to pronounce “settlement”

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Pronunciation guide for settlement

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of settlement with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Spacesettlements in space, raising thought-provoking questions
Definition summary: The act of settling.

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Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

settlements in space, raising thought-provoking questions

[Noun]
The act of settling.
The state of being settled.
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
(archaeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
(architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
(law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
(law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
(law) A resolution of a dispute.
(law) A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
(India, historical) An estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.