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