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Collocations for settlement - noun


2. place where people have come to live

ADJECTIVE

ancient, early
land
agricultural, rural
urban
coastal
isolated, outlying
large, small
human
the earliest urban human settlement in the world
European, Jewish, etc.
permanent
illegal
penal (esp. BrE)

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VERB + settlement

establish, found
The Romans established a settlement on the south shore.

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settlement + VERB

grow up
A settlement grew up around the castle.

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settlement + NOUN

patterns
early settlement patterns in South America
site (esp. BrE)

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