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settled

settled

2.9
A place where people live permanently
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛtld/
translation icon : poblado
  • In fact, he was one of the few who agitated to have the Palatines settled in England.

This is, this is a common theme that you see as the, as the world was settled.

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Examples

  • They were a Norse people who had settled along the north-south merchant routes, assimilating with the Slavs of modern Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

  • In the valley, several farms were settled by early colonists who built their homes near the river.

  • Yet in a week's time, those without settled status will lose the right to work, rent a flat or access free healthcare.

  • And what this did was it allowed people for the first time to live a settled, sedentary life in small groups and small villages and towns.

  • The small town became a settled community after many families moved there permanently.

  • After years of nomadic life, they finally found a settled location where they could build their village.

Synonyms

inhabited
vssettled
2.9

A place where people or animals live

is established by colonists or permanent residents rather than only being lived in
populated
vssettled
2.5

An area where people or animals live

stresses founding by colonists or permanent residents, not just being filled
colonized
vssettled
5.6

A place occupied and controlled by people from another country

focuses on local establishment by permanent residents, not external control
occupied
vssettled
2.8

A place like a house or flat where people live

implies long-term founding by colonists or permanent residents rather than temporary use

Antonyms

20 4.0

A place with no people living there

Compounds

An area where many people live close together

How Populated

settled
2.9
inhabited
2.9
uninhabited
20 4.0

Surface Forms

settled positive
settler positive

Morphology

settled = settle (transparent) = settle + ed

Derived from 'settle' in the sense 'to establish a settlement', so 'settled' meaning 'inhabited' is a direct verbal-to-adjective derivation.

Etymology

Settled comes from the idea of making a 'seat' or a home, the same idea in settle and seat. That's why a 'settled' place is one where people have made a home and live there permanently.