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English to English noun
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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 |  | Example: the American colony in Paris
source: wordnet30
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a community of people smaller than a town | | source: wordnet30
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a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | | source: wordnet30
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | | Example: the British colonization of America
source: wordnet30
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something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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an area where a group of families live together | | source: wordnet30
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termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | | source: wordnet30
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The act of setting, or the state of being settled. | | source: webster1913
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