settle
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ttle
təl
tēl
/sˈɛtə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "settle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bring a dispute or disagreement to an end
Transitive: to settle a dispute or disagreement
to settle definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Legal professionals work to settle court cases through negotiation and compromise.
āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāĻā§‹āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϏāĻž, āφāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž

to come to rest or take a comfortable position, often by sitting
Intransitive: to settle somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He will settle in his favorite chair once he finishes dinner.
āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to resolve a legal dispute decisively or definitively, often in order to bring an end to it
Transitive: to settle a legal dispute
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After months of negotiations, they finally settled the legal matter amicably.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to go and reside in a place as a permanent home
Intransitive: to settle somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The family chose to settle in the coastal town to enjoy a slower pace of life.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a ship) to start sinking, typically gradually or slowly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the water flooded in, the boat started to settle slowly, tilting to one side.
āϜāϞ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇, āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to follow a more secure and stable lifestyle with a permanent job and home
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He found a good job in the area and decided it was time to settle and put down roots.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĨāĻŋāϤ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to establish a home or community in a new location
Intransitive: to settle somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The refugees were eager to settle in a safe country after fleeing the war.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become calmer or quieter
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the argument, they gave each other space to let the tension settle.
āϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to resolve a legal dispute by reaching an agreement or settlement between the parties involved
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of continuing with the case, they chose to settle and move on.
āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to accept or agree to something that is not ideal or is considered less than what one hoped for
Intransitive: to settle for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After weeks of negotiation, she reluctantly settled for a lower salary than expected.
āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to place or arrange something in a desired or proper position
Transitive: to settle a number of items
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The decorator settled the artwork on the wall to create a balanced display.
āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻžāĻ•āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide a place with inhabitants by establishing a new population or colonizing it
Transitive: to settle a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were determined to settle the area, bringing in new families and creating a community.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāύ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make or arrange for the final resolution, completion, or conclusion of something
Transitive: to settle sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He worked hard to settle the accounts before the end of the fiscal year.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϏāĻž, āφāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of birds or insects) to land on something from above, usually to rest or perch
Intransitive: to settle on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A butterfly gently settled on the flower, sipping nectar.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāϞāϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āĻŽāϧ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to move or adjust something in a way that ensures it rests in a secure, stable position
Transitive: to settle sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once the table was set, she settled the glasses in their places.
āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clarify a liquid by allowing dregs or impurities to sink to the bottom
Transitive: to settle a liquid
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After boiling the broth, she settled it to remove the floating particles.
āĻā§‹āϞ āĻĢā§‹āϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of suspended particles in a liquid) to gradually sink to the bottom, forming sediment
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dirt slowly settled in the jar, leaving the liquid clear on top.
āĻŽāϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāϰāϞāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a liquid) to become clear or still as the suspended particles slowly sink to the bottom
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The liquid settled, and the particles gradually sank to the bottom of the jar.
āϤāϰāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to pay off or clear a debt or financial obligation
Transitive: to settle a financial obligation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company resolved to settle the debt before the end of the month.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āϚ, āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϏāĻš āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āϚ

a long wooden bench, often with a back, sometimes with storage underneath
Dated
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They placed a wooden settle against the wall of the cottage.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϕ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āϚ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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