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- [set-l]
- /ˈsɛt l/
- /ˈsetl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [set-l]
- /ˈsɛt l/
Definitions of settle word
- verb with object settle to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions). 1
- verb with object settle to place in a desired state or in order: to settle one's affairs. 1
- verb with object settle to pay, as a bill. 1
- verb with object settle to close (an account) by payment. 1
- verb with object settle to migrate to and organize (an area, territory, etc.); colonize: The pilgrims settled Plymouth. 1
- verb with object settle to cause to take up residence: They settled immigrants in urban areas. 1
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Origin of settle
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English set(t)len, Old English setlan (attested once) to place, derivative of setl settle2; compare Dutch zetelen
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Parts of speech for Settle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
settle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
settle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for settle
verb settle
- abide — to tolerate; put up with
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- adjudge — If someone is adjudged to be something, they are judged or considered to be that thing.
noun settle
- bench — A bench is a long seat of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- fireside — Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.
- hearthside — fireside.
Antonyms for settle
verb settle
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
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