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to settle

463 2.5

To live in a place, often for a long time

verb
/ˈsɛtəl/

: establecerse

It's going to change how we settle in cities.
migrants settled
immigrants settled
refugees settled

It's just being able to settle and to raise good children.

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Examples

We did a great deal to help people get settled here after the war.

Fiction book (1990)
More than 66,000 men, women, and children have settled here, in camps in Adjumani.

Academic text (2015)
And she decided to settle and just be a mom.
It's just being able to settle and to raise good children.

Vusi Thembekwayo
- Well yeah, I always wanted to settle down and have some kids.

A Breed Apart (1984)
What about settling down and having kids?

Unfavorable Odds (2022)
We're settling in all right, sir.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
My folks settled this township.

The Badlanders (1958)
Today, refugees from Sudan, Iraq, and other global trouble spots are often settled in rural areas.

Academic text (2011)
After years of travel, they decided to settle in a small town by the coast.

Synonyms

to live

vsto settle

∞ 1.0

To have a home in a particular place

stresses the act of establishing a permanent household or group residence

to move in

vsto settle

415 1.8

To start living in a new home or office

emphasizes creating a lasting household rather than just starting to occupy

to settle down

vsto settle

173 3.0

To start living a quiet, steady life by having a regular job or a family

focuses more narrowly on taking up residence or founding a home place

to relocate

vsto settle

147 3.7

Move to a new place and start living or working there

centres on founding a home often with a group emphasis rather than only moving

to settle in

vsto settle

132 3.3

To start to feel comfortable and at home in a new place or job

is about actually establishing a home rather than the process of adjusting

to move

vsto settle

95 5.9

Be part of a certain social group

is specifically about creating a physical home or community residence

to reside

vsto settle

91 3.0

To live in a particular place

focuses on establishing a household or community presence rather than mere habitation

to occupy

vsto settle

79 3.0

To live in a place or have a home there

carries extra sense of settling down permanently or as a group

to inhabit

vsto settle

75 3.5

To live in a place like a house or area

is about creating a home often with a sense of group permanence

to dwell

vsto settle

45 3.2

To live in a place such as a house or town

adds the idea of formally making that place a lasting home for people

to settle into

vsto settle

41 3.3

Become comfortable in a new place, job, or routine

refers instead to founding a dwelling place often with permanence and group intent

to root

vsto settle

21 5.1

To settle and start living in one place

focuses more on taking up a home physically and often collectively

to put down roots

vsto settle

Informal

8 4.2

To start living in one place for a long time and make it your home

is the general act of taking up home, often without the metaphor of roots

to take root

vsto settle

6 4.0

To settle in one place and start living there

describes forming a home or group presence rather than only adjustment

to move house

vsto settle

3 2.1

To change where you live to a different home

focuses on making the new place a permanent home rather than just relocating

to domicile

vsto settle

Formal

2 7.9

To make a place your official home for legal and tax purposes

is the everyday idea of establishing a home, sometimes less legal

to hang up one's hat

vsto settle

Informal

1 7.7

To live in a place and make it your home

is the broader idea of establishing a home, possibly without the personal tone

to domiciliate

vsto settle

Formal

9.9

To start living in a certain place as your home, sometimes for legal reasons

expresses settling in daily life rather than mostly legal status

Antonyms

to leave

∞ 1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

move

259 1.1

An act of changing the place where you live

Idioms

to settle a score

Offensive

2 6.2

To get revenge for something someone did to you

to settle someone's hash

Slang

9.3

To punish or defeat someone to stop their harmful actions

stay hungry and never settle

8.8

To keep wanting more and trying to improve without accepting being average

Phrasal Verbs

to settle down

173 3.0

To start living a quiet, steady life by having a regular job or a family

to settle for

143 3.6

Accept less than you wanted or hoped for

to settle in

132 3.3

To start to feel comfortable and at home in a new place or job

to settle down

56 2.5

To become quiet and calm after being excited

to settle on

55 3.1

To fix your eyes or attention on one thing

to settle into

41 3.3

Become comfortable in a new place, job, or routine

to settle with

22 4.1

To reach an agreement with someone to end a dispute

to settle down

Specialized

22 3.1

To come to rest on a surface, like dust or snow

to settle for less

9 4.5

To accept something worse than what you want or deserve

to settle a disagreement

1 3.1

Make people or groups agree after an argument

to settle upon

1 3.9

To pick one thing after thinking about the choices

to grow up and settle down

3.4

Become an adult and start a steady life with a job or family

How Settled

to establish

772 4.1

to settle

463 2.5

to stay

∞ 1.0

to move house

3 2.1

to camp

220 1.0

Surface Forms

settle infinitive

settled past

settled past participle

settling present participle

settles third person singular

Etymology

The verb settle meaning to take up residence comes from set meaning 'to put in place', so when people settle they put themselves in one place to live and stay. So, to settle somewhere is to make a home there.