DICTOMETER

SETTLE

(settle, domiciliar, fijar, instalar, solventar, avgjøre, betale, bosette, etablere, sette, sette opp)

1. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   • Settee
   Definitions:
   • a long wooden bench with a back
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   • Settle down
   Definitions:
   • settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
   Examples:
   • Dust settled on the roofs
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Decide
   • Settle
   • Resolve
   • Adjudicate
   Definitions:
   • bring to an end
   • settle conclusively
   Examples:
   • The case was decided
   • The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
   • The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   • Square off
   • Square up
   • Determine
   Definitions:
   • settle conclusively
   • come to terms
   Examples:
   • We finally settled the argument
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   • Locate
   Definitions:
   • take up residence and become established
   Examples:
   • The immigrants settled in the Midwest
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Reconcile
   • Patch up
   • Make up
   • Conciliate
   • Settle
   Definitions:
   • come to terms
   Examples:
   • After some discussion we finally made up
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Sink
   • Settle
   • Go down
   • Go under
   Definitions:
   • go under,
   Examples:
   • The raft sank and its occupants drowned
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   • Root
   • Take root
   • Steady down
   • Settle down
   Definitions:
   • become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
   Examples:
   • He finally settled down
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   Definitions:
   • become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
   Examples:
   • The roar settled to a thunder
   • The wind settled in the West
   • It is settling to rain
   • A cough settled in her chest
   • Her mood settled into lethargy
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Settle
   Definitions:
   • establish or develop as a residence
   Examples:
   • He settled the farm 200 years ago
   • This land was settled by Germans
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • come to rest
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • arrange or fix in the desired order
    Examples:
    • She settled the teacart
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
    Examples:
    • We settled for a lower price
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
    Examples:
    • The two parties finally settled
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • dispose of
    • make a financial settlement
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • become clear by the sinking of particles
    Examples:
    • The liquid gradually settled
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Subside
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • sink down or precipitate
    Examples:
    • The mud subsides when the waters become calm
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Ensconce
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • fix firmly
    Examples:
    • He ensconced himself in the chair
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    • Get back
    Definitions:
    • get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
    Examples:
    • I finally settled with my old enemy
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Finalize
    • Finalise
    • Settle
    • Nail down
    Definitions:
    • make final
    • put the last touches on
    • put into final form
    Examples:
    • Let's finalize the proposal
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • form a community
    Examples:
    • The Swedes settled in Minnesota
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Fall
    • Descend
    • Settle
    Definitions:
    • come as if by falling
    Examples:
    • Night fell
    • Silence fell