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SETTLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not changeable
Example:
a period of settled weather
Classified under:
Similar:
calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inhabited by colonists
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
inhabited (having inhabitants; lived in)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Established in a desired position or place; not moving about
Example:
the advent of settled civilization
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
based (having a base of operations (often used as a combining form))
built-up (peopled with settlers)
located; placed; set; situated (situated in a particular spot or position)
nonnomadic (not nomadic or wandering)
relocated; resettled (settled in a new location)
Antonym:
unsettled (not settled or established)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
Example:
with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
accomplished; effected; established (settled securely and unconditionally)
appointed; decreed; ordained; prescribed (fixed or established especially by order or command)
determined; dictated; set (determined or decided upon as by an authority)
deterministic (an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes)
firm (not subject to revision or change)
preconcerted (previously arranged or agreed on)
Antonym:
unsettled (still in doubt)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb settle
Context examples:
Therefore I am glad that it is settled.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The sleeper half turned, and then settled down once more into a deep slumber.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yesterday we all came up, and we settled at Bentley’s private hotel.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
However, come what might, I had my money, so I settled down to my task.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then the bird came flying towards the house and settled on the roof.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Of course: that was all settled before.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was not until it had settled again that I dared to steal onwards upon my journey.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes; and I told him we should not be able to keep our engagement. That is all settled.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
As he said this his countenance became expressive of a calm, settled grief that touched me to the heart.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The remaining room appeared more promising, and my companion settled down to a systematic examination.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
