🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

acordo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aˈkoɾdu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Settlement/ˈsɛt.əl.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #950 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O acordo foi assinado por ambas as partes."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An official or legal agreement that reaches a resolution between opposing parties.

    "The two companies finally reached a settlement out of court."
  2. 2

    A place, typically one that has been newly inhabited, where a community has established itself.

    "Archaeologists uncovered artifacts from an ancient farming settlement."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'setlement', from 'settlen' (to settle) combined with the nominal suffix '-ment'. Ultimately traceable to Old English 'setlan' (to cause to sit, place) and Proto-Germanic roots relating to a stable place of dwelling or resolution of affairs.

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