Meaning

To conclude or resolve (something):.

Definitions by Sense

1. To conclude or resolve (something):
2. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
3. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
4. To establish or become established in a steady position:
5. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
6. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
7. To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
8. (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.

Example Sentences

to settle my affairs

to settle her estate

The weather settled.

Wait until the crowd settles before speaking.

[T]il the fury of his Highneſſe ſettle / Come not before him.

With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.

the Saxons who settled in Britain

The British could identify very few ‘village elders’ in the colony. The reason was that the majority of the Chinese in Hong Kong were male immigrants with no village to which to attach themselves. They tended to settle in an area known as Sheung Wan (the Upper Bay) on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island.

Word Forms

• settles
• settling
• settled
• sattle

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Use settle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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