settled

/'setld/

Thân thiện

The family felt settled in their new home.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Firmly established or fixed; not likely to change: Describes a state, condition, or situation that is stable, permanent, and unlikely to be altered.
   • Inhabited by people who live there permanently: Describes a place where people have established permanent homes and communities.
   • Resolved or decided; no longer in question: Describes a matter that has been concluded, agreed upon, or finalized.
   • Calm, steady, and dignified in character: Describes a person who is stable, composed, and not given to impulsiveness.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • We enjoyed a week of settled weather for our vacation. (Describes stable, unchanging weather.)
  • This region was first settled by pioneers in the 18th century. (Describes a place made into a permanent community.)
  • Once the contract terms were settled, we could begin the project. (Describes a matter that has been resolved.)
  • He has a very settled personality and doesn't get easily upset. (Describes a calm and steady character.)

Advanced Usage

• "to feel settled": to feel comfortable, established, and at home in a new place or situation.
  • After six months in the new city, I finally started to feel settled.
• "settled opinion/view": a firmly held belief or perspective that is unlikely to change.
  • It is my settled opinion that education is the most important investment.

Variants and Related Words

• Settle (verb): To resolve, to establish oneself in a place, or to cause to sink down.
  • They hope to settle the dispute amicably.
  • Particles of sand will settle at the bottom of the glass.
• Settlement (noun): The act or process of settling; a place where people have settled; an official agreement.
  • The settlement of the American West.
  • They reached a financial settlement.
• Unsettled (adjective): The opposite of settled; not fixed, resolved, or calm.
  • The unsettled weather caused flight delays.

Synonyms

• Established: Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
• Resolved: Firmly determined to do something; (of a problem or dispute) settled.
• Inhabited: (Of a place) having inhabitants; lived in.
• Sedate: Calm, dignified, and unhurried.

Related Phrasal Verbs (from the verb 'settle')

• Settle down: To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to establish a stable life in one place.
  • The children finally settled down to do their homework.
  • After years of traveling, he decided to settle down and start a family.
• Settle for: To accept something that is less than what one wanted.
  • We couldn't get a table by the window, so we settled for one in the corner.
• Settle in: To become comfortable and established in a new home, job, or situation.
  • It took me a few weeks to settle in at my new school.

Related Idioms

• Settled law: A legal principle that is firmly established by previous court decisions and is unlikely to be overturned.
  • The right to free speech is settled law in this country.
• The dust has settled: Used to indicate that a situation has become calm or clear after a period of disturbance or confusion.
  • We can make a plan now that the dust has settled from the merger.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not changeable
   • a period of settled weather
2. inhabited by colonists
3. established in a desired position or place; not moving about
   • nomads...absorbed among the settled people
   • settled areas
   • I don't feel entirely settled here
   • the advent of settled civilization
4. established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
   • with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night

Từ đồng nghĩa

• colonized
• colonised