English Explanatory Dictionary

settle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To conclude or resolve (something):
  2. To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
  3. To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
  4. In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
  5. To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
  6. To pay (a bill).
  7. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
  8. To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
  9. To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
  10. To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
  11. To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
  12. To silence, especially by force.
noun
  1. A seat of any kind.
  2. A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
  3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)
name
  1. A town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD816640).
  2. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛ.təl/ [ˈsɛtəɫ] [ˈsɛtɫ̩] sĕtʹəl /ˈsɛtəl/ En-us-settle.ogg

Word forms

settle settles settling settled sattle

Etymology

From a merger of two verbs: * Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan (“to settle, seat, put to rest”), from Old English setl (“seat”) (compare Dutch zetelen (“to be established, settle”)) and * Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen (“to reconcile, calm, subside”), from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian (“to reconcile”), from Old English saht, seht (“settlement, agreement, reconciliation, peace”) (see saught, -le). German siedeln (“to settle”) is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.

Synonyms

adjust arrange compose decide determine establish fix regulate seal dispose dispose of discharge

Antonyms

remove disturb agitate wander

Related words

settlement settler

Derived words

dissettle presettle resettle settee settleable settle accounts with settle a score settle bed settle down settle for settle in settle into settle on settle one's account settle one's affairs settle someone's hash settle the score settle up settle upon settle with settlor unsettle wait for the dust to settle

Translations

Bulgarian: разрешавам Bulgarian: успокоявам Bulgarian: заселвам се Cebuano: husay Finnish: sopia Finnish: rauhoittua Finnish: asuttaa French: régler French: s'installer French: ≈ in coloniser French: s'habituer Higaonon: husay Hungarian: rendez Italian: risolvere Italian: stanziarsi Japanese: 決着する Japanese: 居着く Japanese: 落ち着く Māori: whakatatū Māori: whakamāhaki Māori: whakamahuru Māori: whakataiwhenua Māori: pūwhenua Māori: whakanohonoho Māori: whakanoho Scottish Gaelic: rèitich Scottish Gaelic: seatlaig Scottish Gaelic: stòl Scottish Gaelic: tuinich Scottish Gaelic: àitich Spanish: solventar Spanish: solver Spanish: consentir Spanish: ajustar Spanish: dirimir Spanish: resolver Spanish: decidir Spanish: asentarse Spanish: establecerse Spanish: avecindarse Spanish: instalarse Spanish: domiciliarse Portuguese: apaziguar Portuguese: assentar-se Arabic: اِسْتَعْمَرَ Arabic: اِسْتَوْطَنَ Arabic: اِسْتَقَرَّ Azerbaijani: məskunlaşmaq Azerbaijani: məskun salmaq Azerbaijani: yerləşmək Azerbaijani: yurd salmaq Chinese Mandarin: 殖民 Chinese Mandarin: 定居 Chinese Mandarin: 安家落戶 /安家落户 Ngazidja Comorian: ukaantsi Czech: usadit se Dutch: vestigen Dutch: settelen Esperanto: enloĝiĝi German: siedeln Ancient Greek: οἰκίζω Hebrew: הִתְנַחֵל Hindi: बसना Khmer: តាំងទីលំនៅ Latin: sedeo Norwegian Bokmål: bosette Polish: osiadać Polish: osiąść Polish: usadawiać się Polish: usadowić się Russian: сели́ться Russian: заселя́ть Russian: колонизи́ровать Slovak: usadiť sa Turkish: yerleşmek Ukrainian: сели́тися Ukrainian: заселя́ти
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