Settled
['setld] or ['sɛtld]
Definition
(adj.) not changeable; 'a period of settled weather' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; 'with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night' .
Editor: Sallust--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Settle
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Established, ordinary, common, wonted, usual, customary, every day.
Editor: Rena
Examples
- I had settled things with father and mother. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Letterblair tells me the financial question has been settled-- Oh, yes, she said indifferently. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Just step there with me,' said Roker, taking up his hat with great alacrity; 'the matter's settled in five minutes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was not all settled before Monday: as soon as it was, the express was sent off to Longbourn. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But the government of King William was not then fully settled. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This game was brought from Holland by those colonists who settled Manhattan Island in 1623. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When it was thus settled on her sister's side, Emma proposed it to her friend, and found her very persuadable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is not actually settled, but there is such a thing in agitation. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- This settled, our young gentleman went back to Miss Rachel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Edward's embarrassment lasted some time, and it ended in an absence of mind still more settled. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He thought they would hardly do for us, and came back having settled nothing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He fought all through the long War of Independence--seven years--and then appears to have settled down at Stonington, Connecticut. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was time enough in the morning for me to take Laura out for her walk as usual, and to see her quietly settled at her drawing afterwards. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A sort of renewed youth glowed in his eye and colour, and an invigorated hope and settled purpose sustained his bearing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And walked with a settled step, down-stairs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Somewhat reassured, Emmeline settled herself back on her pillow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I tell you what, my dear girl, said Richard, when I get affairs in general settled, I shall come down here, I think, and rest. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am very glad, indeed, my dear, to hear she is to be so comfortably settled. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Tupman did as he was requested; and the additional stimulus of the last glass settled his determination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My transfer carried me to the company of Captain McCall, who resigned from the army after the Mexican war and settled in Philadelphia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The traveller's eye hovered about these things for a time, and finally settled upon one noteworthy object up there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was Christmas week: we took to no settled employment, but spent it in a sort of merry domestic dissipation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Receiving this as an intimation that it was best not to delay, I settled that I would go to-morrow, and said so. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That is quite settled, said he, rising and putting his lens in his pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Do you wish to be settled in any business? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And Beth leaned her head against her sister with a contented look, which effectually settled that point. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- With a plunge of enjoyment, Fledgeby settled himself afresh. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Rena