Hyphenation of settlement

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word settlement? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

set-tle-ment

Definitions of settlement:

1.	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
2.	A community of people smaller than a town
3.	A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
4.	The act of colonizing The establishment of colonies The British colonization of America
5.	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
6.	An area where a group of families live together
7.	Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

Synonyms of settlement:

noun	colony, body
noun	village, small town, community
noun	agreement, understanding
noun	colonization, colonisation, constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation
noun	resolution, closure, decision making, deciding
noun	geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
noun	liquidation, termination, ending, conclusion

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.