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'settle' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'settle' with 20 example sentences.

settle noun

: a long wooden bench with a back

settle verb

: settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

: bring to an end; settle conclusively

: settle conclusively; come to terms

: take up residence and become established

: come to terms

: go under

: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

: become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

: establish or develop as a residence

: come to rest

: arrange or fix in the desired order

: accept despite lack of complete satisfaction

: end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

: dispose of; make a financial settlement

: become clear by the sinking of particles

: cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

: sink down or precipitate

: fix firmly

: get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

: form a community

: come as if by falling

settle down settled settling settle in settle for settle on
  • She says she wants to settle down.
  • Fighting won't settle anything.
  • Members of that tribe settled along the river.
  • International disputes must be settled peacefully.
  • His second son married and settled down.
  • I thought that I could settle it by phone.
  • We'll settle this when I get back.
  • You should get married and settle down.
  • A fog settles over the land.
  • I'm not ready to settle down yet.
  • In 1803, they settled in Warsaw.
  • He settled down in his armchair to listen to the music.
  • The birds settled on the branches.
  • The matter is all settled.
  • They decided to settle in a suburb of London.
  • Wait until the tea leaves settle to the bottom.
  • We have some things to settle.
  • Don't settle for less.
  • The case was settled out of court.
  • What part of the country did they settle in?

    • Words related to 'settle'

    decide resolve fix arrange

    Words near 'settle' in the dictionary

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