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Adjective: settled setuld- Established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
"with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night" - Established in a desired position or place; not moving about
"nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization" - Inhabited by colonists
- colonized, colonised [Brit] - Not changeable
"a period of settled weather" Verb: settle setl- Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
"dust settled on the roofs" - settle down - Bring to an end; settle conclusively
- decide, resolve, adjudicate - Settle conclusively; come to terms
"We finally settled the argument" - square off, square up, determine - Take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest" - locate - Come to terms
- reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate - Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
- sink, go down, go under - Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
"He finally settled down" - root, take root, steady down, settle down - Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
"The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy" - Establish or develop as a residence
"He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans" - Come to rest
- Arrange or fix in the desired order
"She settled the teacart" - Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
"We settled for a lower price" - End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
"The two parties finally settled" - Dispose of; make a financial settlement
- Become clear by the sinking of particles
"the liquid gradually settled" - Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- Sink down or precipitate
- subside - Fix firmly
- ensconce - Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
"I finally settled with my old enemy" - get back - Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- finalize, finalise [Brit], nail down - Form a community
"The Swedes settled in Minnesota" - Come as if by falling
- fall, descend
See also: accomplished, appointed, based, built-up, calm, decreed, determined, deterministic, dictated, effected, established, firm, inhabited, located, nonnomadic, ordained, placed, preconcerted, prescribed, relocated, resettled, set, settle on, settlement, settler, settling, settlings, situated Type of: accept, agree, arrange, become, build up, change, come, come down, conclude, concord, concur, consent, contend, descend, develop, end, fall, fight, fix up, get, go, go down, go for, halt, hold, lay, place, pose, position, put, resolve, set, set up, sink, stabilise [Brit], stabilize, stop, struggle, terminate Antonym: unsettled Encyclopedia: Settle, England Settle Settle, Yorkshire Settle, North Yorkshire Settled |