Settle
verb
To make a place your home.
They decided to settle in Canada.
Often appears as...
- settle in
- settle down
verb
To make a decision about something.
We need to settle the date of the meeting.
Often appears as...
- settle the issue
- settle the bill
verb
To become calm or quiet.
He settled down and started to concentrate on his work.
Often appears as...
- settle down
- settle into
verb
To pay a bill.
Let's settle the bill and leave.
Often appears as...
- settle up
- settle the tab
verb
To reach a legal agreement.
They decided to settle out of court.
Often appears as...
- settle a lawsuit
- settle a case
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Formal
Academic
verb
To make a place your home.
They decided to settle in Canada.
Often appears as...
- settle in
- settle down
verb
To make a decision about something.
We need to settle the date of the meeting.
Often appears as...
- settle the issue
- settle the bill
verb
To become calm or quiet.
He settled down and started to concentrate on his work.
Often appears as...
- settle down
- settle into
verb
To pay a bill.
Let's settle the bill and leave.
Often appears as...
- settle up
- settle the tab
verb
To reach a legal agreement.
They decided to settle out of court.
Often appears as...
- settle a lawsuit
- settle a case
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Long-Term Commitment
Settling in a place often implies planning to stay there for a long time.
After traveling the world, they settled in New Zealand.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Undertone
'Settle' can suggest finding emotional or social stability in a new place.
Once we settled in the small town, we felt like part of the community.
Pro Tip 1/2Long-Term Commitment
Settling in a place often implies planning to stay there for a long time.
After traveling the world, they settled in New Zealand.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Undertone
'Settle' can suggest finding emotional or social stability in a new place.
Once we settled in the small town, we felt like part of the community.
Pro Tip 1/2Long-Term Commitment
Settling in a place often implies planning to stay there for a long time.
After traveling the world, they settled in New Zealand.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Undertone
'Settle' can suggest finding emotional or social stability in a new place.
Once we settled in the small town, we felt like part of the community.
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How languages evolve -...
In the early days of human migration, the world was much less populated. Groups of people that shared a single language and culture often split into smaller tribes, going separate ways in search of fresh game and fertile land. As they migrated and settled in new places, they became isolated from one another and developed in different ways.
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The Survival of the Sea...
Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living, the vulnerable turtles swim frantically forward. Ultimately, they will often look to settle in a patch of flotsam,
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Einstein's miracle year...
But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.
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The secret lives of baby...
But prior to settling down in this diverse tropical environment, baby coral reef fish face the difficult process of growing up on their own, undergoing drastic changes, and the journey of a lifetime before they find that reef to call home. The life cycle for most of these fish
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Unpacking the nuts and...
mobile purchases still settle using the same paper money we've always used so as Bruno said you may have heard lately about a new digital currency called Bitcoin that hopes to change that bitcoin is the first decentralized digital currency whose creation is
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Watch One Family's...
dr. guessin said the next several months Katie will be a professional patient lots of rehab lots of strength training doctor's appointments trying to get all her meds settled which one she'll have to stay on you just know in your head it's going to be busy
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5 ways to kill your...
Three, and it's very subtle but very Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed. So when your life is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set -- time to settle. When I launched my first book,
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How the stethoscope was...
He is delighted by the clarity of the sound. Laennec spends the next three years developing and testing various materials and mechanisms before settling on a hollow wooden tube with detachable plug. His device becomes the forerunner
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Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
as it enters botswana it confronts the dry sounds of the kalahari desert and its main arteries begin to slow its rich sediments settle and form the largest inland delta in the world
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Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
good feet won't settle the reindeer this is mae toro ella's mother and inga's aunt she lives the sami life with passionate enthusiasm
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How languages evolve -...
In the early days of human migration, the world was much less populated. Groups of people that shared a single language and culture often split into smaller tribes, going separate ways in search of fresh game and fertile land. As they migrated and settled in new places, they became isolated from one another and developed in different ways.
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living, the vulnerable turtles swim frantically forward. Ultimately, they will often look to settle in a patch of flotsam,
Video examples
Einstein's miracle year...
But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
But prior to settling down in this diverse tropical environment, baby coral reef fish face the difficult process of growing up on their own, undergoing drastic changes, and the journey of a lifetime before they find that reef to call home. The life cycle for most of these fish
Video examples
Unpacking the nuts and...
mobile purchases still settle using the same paper money we've always used so as Bruno said you may have heard lately about a new digital currency called Bitcoin that hopes to change that bitcoin is the first decentralized digital currency whose creation is
Video examples
Watch One Family's...
dr. guessin said the next several months Katie will be a professional patient lots of rehab lots of strength training doctor's appointments trying to get all her meds settled which one she'll have to stay on you just know in your head it's going to be busy
Video examples
5 ways to kill your...
Three, and it's very subtle but very Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed. So when your life is going great, you have put together a great team, and you have growing revenue, and everything is set -- time to settle. When I launched my first book,
Video examples
How the stethoscope was...
He is delighted by the clarity of the sound. Laennec spends the next three years developing and testing various materials and mechanisms before settling on a hollow wooden tube with detachable plug. His device becomes the forerunner
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
as it enters botswana it confronts the dry sounds of the kalahari desert and its main arteries begin to slow its rich sediments settle and form the largest inland delta in the world
Video examples
Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
good feet won't settle the reindeer this is mae toro ella's mother and inga's aunt she lives the sami life with passionate enthusiasm
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
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Rihanna
American Musician
I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
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Yuan Yuan Tan
Chinese Dancer
I'm flying all around the world, and it's hard to be settled.
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Anne Murray
Canadian Musician
I'm the type of personality who just can't settle for less.
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Ryan Garcia
American Boxer
If you settle in life, you don't go further.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Quote examples
Rihanna
American Musician
I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
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Yuan Yuan Tan
Chinese Dancer
I'm flying all around the world, and it's hard to be settled.
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Anne Murray
Canadian Musician
I'm the type of personality who just can't settle for less.
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Ryan Garcia
American Boxer
If you settle in life, you don't go further.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
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