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Synonyms for settle
ˈsɛt lset·tle
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settleverb
Synonyms:
establish, decide, arrange, compose, determine, fix, adjust, regulatesettleverb
To pay; as, to settle a bill. --Abbott.
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compose, regulate, determine, fix, adjust, establish, arrange, decidesettleverb
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
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compose, arrange, adjust, establish, regulate, determine, decide, fixsettleverb
To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
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determine, establish, compose, decide, adjust, fix, regulate, arrangesettleverb
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
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determine, adjust, compose, regulate, arrange, fix, decide, establishsettleverb
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
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compose, decide, regulate, establish, fix, adjust, arrange, determinesettleverb
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
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decide, adjust, arrange, fix, regulate, determine, establish, composesettleverb
To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
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decide, establish, determine, arrange, adjust, fix, compose, regulatesettleverb
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
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adjust, establish, fix, regulate, decide, arrange, compose, determinesettleverb
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
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establish, adjust, fix, regulate, compose, arrange, determine, decidesettleverb
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
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arrange, determine, adjust, fix, decide, compose, establish, regulatesettleverb
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
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decide, regulate, adjust, establish, determine, compose, arrange, fixsettleverb
To become calm; to cease from agitation.
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adjust, determine, regulate, arrange, decide, compose, establish, fixsettleverb
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
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decide, arrange, compose, determine, establish, adjust, regulate, fixsettleverb
To make a jointure for a wife.
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determine, regulate, adjust, establish, decide, compose, arrange, fixsettleverb
To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
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arrange, decide, fix, determine, adjust, regulate, establish, composesettleverb
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. --Ezek. xliii.
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adjust, decide, arrange, fix, compose, establish, regulate, determinesettleverb
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
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regulate, determine, establish, decide, compose, adjust, arrange, fixsettleverb
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like;as, clear weather settles the roads.
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establish, decide, determine, regulate, arrange, adjust, fix, composesettleverb
To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
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compose, adjust, arrange, decide, establish, fix, regulate, determinesettleverb
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
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decide, adjust, establish, arrange, compose, regulate, fix, determinesettleverb
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
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decide, fix, compose, adjust, determine, establish, regulate, arrangesettleverb
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
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establish, compose, adjust, regulate, determine, arrange, fix, decide
English Synonyms and Antonyms
settle
Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.
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assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, upholdAntonyms:
abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weakenPreposition:
Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
settle
Synonyms:
fix, establish, regulate, arrange, compose, adjust, determine, decide, adjudicate, quiet, allay, still, milk, fall, subside, lower, calm, acquiesce, abate, agreeAntonyms:
remove, disestablish, misregulate, derange, discompose, aggravate, disorder, disturb, confuse, misdetermine, misarrange, misplace, unsettle, rise, ascend, move, disagree, increase, heighten
Princeton's WordNet
settle, setteeverb
a long wooden bench with a back
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setteesettle, settle downverb
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
"dust settled on the roofs"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, cool it, go under, locate, take root, chill out, cool off, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, simmer down, settle down, calm, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, calm down, decidedecide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb
bring to an end; settle conclusively
"The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
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judge, descend, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, answer, solve, subside, root, determine, purpose, steady down, go under, conclude, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, dissolve, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, make up one's mind, decide, square up, resolve, locate, break up, try, finalize, take rootsettle, square off, square up, determineverb
settle conclusively; come to terms
"We finally settled the argument"
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descend, shape, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, find, square, settle down, go down, square off, subside, regulate, root, determine, see, find out, steady down, go under, specify, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, watch, define, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, even up, make up one's mind, decide, square up, set, resolve, locate, influence, limit, ascertain, learn, finalize, fix, jog, take root, mold, checksettle, locateverb
take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, place, go under, situate, locate, take root, determine, site, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, turn up, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidereconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settleverb
come to terms
"After some discussion we finally made up"
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accommodate, root, even off, appease, square up, placate, make up, compensate, patch up, mollify, nail down, gentle, resign, settle down, even out, fabricate, square off, gruntle, subside, make, pay, determine, be, patch, go under, go down, reconcile, fall, correct, invent, counterbalance, ensconce, sink, catch up with, manufacture, harmonise, steady down, get back, represent, adjudicate, assuage, conciliate, cook up, pacify, even up, comprise, decide, harmonize, take root, lenify, resolve, locate, descend, constitute, finalize, pay off, finalise, submitsink, settle, go down, go underverb
go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
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square up, dip, make up, patch up, nail down, drop down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, decline, lapse, slide down, descend, come down, root, determine, crash, steady down, go under, subside, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, wane, get back, pass, bury, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, drop, resolve, locate, fall off, go by, set, finalize, slump, take rootsettle, root, take root, steady down, settle downverb
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
"He finally settled down"
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descend, calm, make up, cool it, patch up, cool off, calm down, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, subside, root, determine, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, rout, decide, simmer down, square up, chill out, resolve, locate, finalize, rootle, take rootsettleverb
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"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
establish or develop as a residence
"He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
come to rest
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
arrange or fix in the desired order
"She settled the teacart"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
"We settled for a lower price"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
"The two parties finally settled"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
dispose of; make a financial settlement
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
become clear by the sinking of particles
"the liquid gradually settled"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettleverb
cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesubside, settleverb
sink down or precipitate
"the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, lessen, decideensconce, settleverb
fix firmly
"He ensconced himself in the chair"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidesettle, get backverb
get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
"I finally settled with my old enemy"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, win back, go under, locate, take root, get even, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidefinalize, finalise, settle, nail downverb
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
"let's finalize the proposal"
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descend, narrow, make up, nail, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, subside, root, determine, steady down, go under, specify, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, peg, square up, resolve, locate, finalize, pin down, peg down, narrow down, take rootsettleverb
form a community
"The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
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conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decidefall, descend, settleverb
come as if by falling
"Night fell"; "Silence fell"
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descend, fall down, lessen, deign, decrease, make up, patch up, return, sink, settle down, go down, square off, flow, precipitate, strike, subside, come down, root, determine, devolve, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, pass, conciliate, shine, adjudicate, accrue, decide, diminish, derive, square up, hang, resolve, locate, come, nail down, condescend, finalize, light, take root
Dictionary of English Synonymes
settleverb
Synonyms:
fix, establish, institute, ordain, appoint, confirm, make permanentsettleverb
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decide, determine, make clear, free from doubtsettleverb
settleverb
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compress, make close or compactsettleverb
settleverb
settleverb
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[U. S.] ordain as pastorsettleverb
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clarify, free from dregs or impuritiessettleverb
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compose, quiet, tranquillize, calm, pacifysettleverb
settleverb
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rest, repose, be quiet, be tranquil, be composedsettleverb
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dwell, abide, inhabit, reside, plant one's self, get a footing, get established, be stationarysettleverb
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account, reckon, pay the bill, square accounts, strike a balance, quit scores, satisfy all demands, PAY UP
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SETTLE
Synonyms:
Spindle epithelial tumour with thymus like differentiation
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How to use settle in a sentence?
When it gets to a point where a precedent may be set, the NCAA will settle a case to avoid a precedent that will impact hundreds of thousands of other athletes, theyll settle the case. ... And this ruling has too much significance to the NCAAs overall enforcement scheme for them ever to risk having this rule invalidated.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
Ted does n’t believe you have to settle, Ted does n’t believe you should settle.
It's never too late to settle, on the other hand, they may be rolling the dice to see what the judge says and settle after that.
The market is focused on whether the Nikkei futures and options will settle above 23,000... it looks positive as the Nikkei has traded above a key technical line, if they settle above that level, the next resistance will likely be at 23,200.
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