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Settle

Definitions: Settle

Settle

Noun

1. A long wooden bench with a back.

Verb

1. Settle into a position.

2. Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff".

3. Settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument".

4. Take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest".

5. Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up".

6. Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned".

7. Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down".

8. Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "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. Establish or develop as a residence: "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans".

10. : come to rest.

11. : become clear by the sinking of particles; of liquids.

12. : arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart".

13. : accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price".

14. : end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled".

15. : dispose of; make a financial settlement.

16. : cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids).

17. : sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm".

18. : fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair".

19. : get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy".

20. : make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal".

21. : form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota".

22. : come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "settle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Synonyms: Settle

Synonyms: settee (n), conciliate (v), decide (v), descend (v), determine (v), ensconce (v), fall (v), finalise (v), finalize (v), get back (v), go down (v), go under (v), halt (v), locate (v), make up (v), nail down (v), patch up (v), reconcile (v), relocate (v), resolve (v), root (v), settle down (v), sink (v), square off (v), square up (v), steady down (v), subside (v), take root (v). (additional references)
Antonym: float (v). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Settle

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This article is about the town of Settle in England. See also Settle (furniture).

Settle is a small town in North Yorkshire, England, although historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Located in Ribblesdale, the town lies at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, and is best known as the southern end of the Settle to Carlisle Railway.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Settle."

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Synonyms within Context: Settle

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arrangement

Methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix. unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil; feaze.

Compact

Make a bargain, strike a bargain; come to terms, come to an understanding; compromise; set at rest; close, close with; conclude, complete, settle; confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite; endorse, indorse; put the seal to; sign, seal; (attest); indent.

Consent

Satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms; not refuse; turn a willing ear; (willingness); jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise.

Descent

Verb: descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump.

Killing

Verb: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, put an end to; despatch, dispatch; burke, settle, do for.

Location

Inhabit; (be present); domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house.

Payment

Discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts.

Quiescence

Dwell; (be present); settle; (be located); alight; (arrive) stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand; n. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.

Retention

Secure, withhold, detain; hold back, keep back; keep close; husband; (store); reserve; have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock; (possess); entail, tie up, settle.

Support

Seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.

Will

Verb: will, list; see fit, think fit; determine; (resolve); enjoin; settle; (choose); volunteer.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Settle

English words defined with "settle": affaire d'honneur, arbitercalm, calm down, Canada, chill out, clear, colonise, colonist, colonize, colony, Compone, compromise, concert, cool it, cool off, custody battledecide, determine, dispose of, droop, duelemigrant, emigre, emigree, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESRfallout, Feigned issue, flaghomesteadimmigrant, International Court of Justice, iron outMud drumone-on-one, outgoerpacific, pay, peaceable, person-to-person, Preconcert, put rightradioactive dust, reasonableness, resettle, resolve, roostsag, Satle, score, sed rate, sedimentation rate, set down, Settle bed, settle down, settle on, settlement, settler, simmer down, sit back, square, square off, square up, Stablish, straighten out, supreme authority, swagtake it easy, To fix on, To reckon with, To settle on, To settle the land, To sit down, To take up, To tang beesunthawedWorld Court. (references)
Specialty definitions using "settle": Settle up. (references)
Etymologies containing "settle": Satle. (references)

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Modern Usage: Settle

DomainUsage

Screenplays

But under the circumstances I'll settle for anywhere. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

But under the circumstances I'll settle for anywhere. (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

I'll tell ya, I was hoping for a goodnight lay, but I'll settle for like a kiss. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

Hey, time out, there will be absolutely no use of superpowers to settle domestic disagreements! (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

It was designed to settle fights in taverns. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Lyrics

Settle Down, Settle Down, (You're An Ocean; performing artist: Fastball; writing credit: Tony Scalzo)

You settle down and stay with the girl who loves you. (Some Of Shelly's Blues; performing artist: The Drifters; writing credit: Michael Nesmith)

All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze (Breathe; performing artist: Faith Hill)

And I never get to stop and settle down (You're My Home; performing artist: Joe)

Never settle for the path of least resistance. (I Hope You Dance; performing artist: LEE AN WOMACK)

Movie/TV Titles

Settle the Score (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Settle

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Practical Guide to Living in Japan: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Settle In (reference)

  • How to Settle an Estate: A Manual for Executors and Trustees (How to Settle an Estate, 3rd Ed) (reference)

  • Welcome to New York : how to settle and survive in New York (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Settle

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This image shows the process of sediment deposition and was taken during construction. The dredged sediments are left to settle and and lose water before being used to construct the marsh platform. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The original group of Hmoung Farmers to settle and farm in the Fresno area. [Slide 97CS2980]. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class Jackie Welsh depetals a flower to settle an ageless question of romance, as Signalman 2nd Class Harold Howey records the event on film. Witnesses are Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Anna Welsh (left) and Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Evalyne Olsen. All four are stationed at Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana. The photograph was taken prior to December 1944. Credit: NAVY.

Scene on the open bridge during the bombardment of Leyte, October 1944. Her forward 8"/55 gun turrets are trained out to port. Officer standing in right center, without helmet, is the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas G.W. Settle. Credit: NAVY.

It's awkward to settle things by thinking, she answered. One ought just to know. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stop Doctor I have a little account to settle with you. Credit: Library of Congress.

Brick Bradford in the middle of the Earth. Brick, confronted by the masked champion of Azca's besieged city in a duel to settle the war, gallops to the attack". Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Settle".

PlayCaption
Rebound; rebounding; bounce; settle; settling; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Settle

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Franklin

I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.

Confucius

Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred others away.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

Robert Burton

Machiavel says virtue and riches seldom settle on one man.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Settle

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

It is true, that whatever engagements or promises any one has made for himself, he is under the obligation of them, but cannot, by any compact whatsoever, bind his children or posterity: for his son, when a man, being altogether as free as the father, any act of the father can no more give away the liberty of the son, than it can of any body else: he may indeed annex such conditions to the land, he enjoyed as a subject of any common-wealth, as may oblige his son to be of that community, if he will enjoy those possessions which were his father's; because that estate being his father's property, he may dispose, or settle it, as he pleases. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connexions everywhere. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Commission shall have full power to settle all questions arising from the execution of the present clauses. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Settle

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

That is too young to settle.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

We need something more than a fixed Law of Nature to settle which nerve shall carry it.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He will settle all small debts.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The finest dust did not settle back to earth now, but disappeared into the darkening sky.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Settle

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Parasites can enter the body through food or water and settle in the digestive system. (references)

The clinical trials are too limited to settle the issue of effects on overall mortality. (references)

When there is more oxalate than can be dissolved in the urine, the crystals settle out and form stones. (references)

Business

The review offices help suppliers and procuring entities settle disputes without the costs and difficulties of a formal appeal process. (references)

Industry specialists say that the market is growing and that it will continue to grow for a few more years, after which it will settle. (references)

Culture and tradition also mitigate against legal proceedings, with negotiation or third-party influence more often being used to settle disputes than relying on formal proceedings. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

However, Hindus and Sikhs also may settle such disputes in civil courts. (references)

Rwanda

Travel authorization is not needed and citizens may move or settle temporarily anywhere without a residence permit. (references)

Iceland

Local government authorities in the towns where refugees settle take a strong interest in helping them adapt to their new environment. (references)

Economic History

Chile

Accordingly, litigants often choose to settle out of court. (references)

Bangladesh

Legal assistance may be required to settle business disputes. (references)

Japan

As a result, it is very common for companies to settle out of court. (references)

Human Rights

Malawi

The NCT's lack of funds limits its ability to settle claims. (references)

Yemen

Arbitration, rather than the court system, commonly is used to settle cases. (references)

Uganda

The LC courts have authority to settle civil disputes, including land ownership and payment of debts, and criminal cases involving children. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

However, the presiding judge stressed that the ruling does not settle the question of compensation for "stolen" children as a whole. (references)

Minorities

Albania

The Egyptians tend to settle in urban areas and generally are more integrated into the economy than the Roma. (references)

Philippines

However, efforts by the dominant Christian population to settle in traditionally Muslim areas, particularly over the past 60 years, have brought resentment from some Muslim residents. (references)

Political Economy

RUSSIA

Moreover, courts have the right to order the confiscation of union property to settle damages and losses to an employer, if a strike is found to be illegal. (references)

BANGLADESH

In the past, the Government has brought criminal charges against employers who abuse domestic servants; however, many impoverished families settle for financial compensation. (references)

Dominican Rep

The Dominican Congress passed legislation in 1999, permitting the Dominican Government to issue up to five billion pesos worth of bonds to pay internal debts and settle expropriation cases. (references)

Trade

Japan

Most individuals use electronic bank transfers to settle accounts. (references)

India

The GOI has established Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT's) to speedily settle long-pending cases related to debt recovery. (references)

Burma

Most businesses involved in disputes seek to settle the matter informally, rather than rely on the cumbersome legal system. (references)

Women

Papua New Guinea

In addition to the purchase of women as brides, women also sometimes are given as compensation to settle disputes between clans. (references)

Papua New Guinea

The willingness of some communities to settle incidents of rape through material compensation rather than criminal prosecution makes the crime difficult to combat. (references)

Worker Rights

Bangladesh

Workers have the right to strike in the event of a failure to settle. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate, One day with all his credentials came To the capitol's door and announced his name. The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist Of the face, at the eminent egotist, And said: "Go away, for we settle here All manner of questions, knotty and queer, And we cannot have, when the speaker demands To be told how every member stands, A man who to all things under the sky Assents by eternally voting 'I'."

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Settle

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Democracy holds that free nations can settle differences justly and maintain lasting peace.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974We must continue to build on that friendship so that peace can settle at last over the Middle East and so that the cradle of civilization will not become its grave.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Settle

"Settle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 78.08% of the time. "Settle" is used about 2,547 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)78.08%1,9894,320
Lexical Verb (base form)18.55%47212,530
Noun (proper)1.92%4948,677
Noun (singular)1.33%3459,261
Unclassified Items0.12%3202,518
                    Total100.00%2,547N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Settle

The following table summarizes the usage of "settle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SettleLast name3,0003,831
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Settle

Expressions using "settle": allow the dust to settle feel settle have a score to settle with smb. have accounts to settle heigh settle marry and settle down settle a bill settle a case out of court settle a debt settle a dispute settle a lawsuit settle a score settle accounts with settle accounts with smb. settle again settle an account settle an affair out of court settle back settle bed settle difficulties settle down settle down to settle down to work settle for settle his hash settle in settle in down settle in new place settle in the mud settle into shape settle mark settle off settle on settle one's accounts with settle one's differences settle one's hash settle oneself settle oneself down settle smb. settle smb.'s hash settle the question settle to smb.'s doubts settle up settle up with smb. settle upon settle wave settle with To settle on To settle the land to settle upon. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "settle": settle-bed, Settle-carlisle, settle-in, Settle-to-carlisle.

Ending with "settle": re-settle.

Containing "settle": Leeds-settle-carlisle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Settle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

settle inn

97

carlisle railway settle

5

settle

66

settle inn altoona iowa

5

matthew settle

56

settle inn resort

5

settle inn branson

25

airport settle inn

5

settle inn branson mo

17

settle inn lincoln nebraska

4

glass settle

14

best western settle inn

4

settle credit card debt

14

inn omaha settle

4

inn settle suite

12

settle with irs

4

settle my debt

11

bay green inn settle

3

settle united kingdom

10

kaukauna settle inn

3

council bluff settle inn

10

it lawsuit long settle

3

altoona settle inn

9

jess settle

3

branson inn missouri settle

8

inn lincoln ne settle

3

settle tax

8

family genealogy settle

3

by monster monster never provided settle

7

down evening settle winter

3

settle times

6

branson in inn mo settle

3

settle australia

6

inn settle hotel

3

settle estate

6

settle insurance claim

3

bellevue settle inn

6

card credit debt letter sample settle

3

inn lincoln settle

5

dollar penny settle tax

3

grand fork settle inn

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Settle

Language Translations for "settle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

beklink (conclude, dispatch, expedite, finish), afwikkel (conclude, dispatch, expedite, finish, liquidate, unroll, unwind, wind off). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shlyej (clear, discharge, expiate, forgive, liquidate, make good, make up, purge, redeem, satisfy, Square, work off), stabilizoj (peg, stabilize), sistemoj (collate, dispose, house, organize, place, regulate, shelve, systematize), shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, damp, delete, douse, drown, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, kill, obliterate, out, quash, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, slack, slake, suppress, turn off, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wither), kolonizoj (colonize), laj (bathe, clear, do, elutriate, flush, liquidate, pay up, rinse out, scour, sponge, take out, wash), paguaj (buy, defray, disburse, fee, foot, fork out, give, meet, pay, pay out, pay up, plank, reckon, recompense, redeem, remunerate, render, repay, reward), qëndroj (be, endure, fend, hold out, remain, set, sit, stand, stay, stop), qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), fiksoj (affix, arrange, assign, clinch, fasten, fix, freeze, hang, impress, Mount, nail, pin down, pose, print, secure, set, stabilize), rri (abide, bide, hang out, keep, perch, remain, reside, set, stay, stop), zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, iron out, resolve, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), (apply, attach, contract, deposit, direct, establish, get in, get on, impose, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, shut, stand, station, stick, Stow), vë në vijë, vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, dare, decide, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), rregulloj (accommodate, adjust, amend, arrange, attemper, clear up, compose, contrive, control, correct, debug, dispose, dispose of, do, fix up, model, modulate, order, patch up, rate, readjust, redress, regularize, regulate, repair, set right, set the tune, shape, Spruce, straighten, tidy up, trim). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تطبع على, ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away), ‏إستعمر (colonize), ‏إستوطن (colonize, settle down, settle in), ‏إستقر (be located, become steady, deposit, locate, lodge, move, plateau, set, settle down, settle oneself, sit, spread out, stabilize, steady, subside), ‏إتخذ شكلا نهائيا, ‏جلس في الكرسي, ‏صفى حسابا (reckon), ‏سدد دين (acquit, extinguish, liquidate, return, sink, solve), ‏سدد حسابا (square, square up), ‏سوى (accommodate, adjust, but, compose, compound, dispose, equalize, equate, even, flatten, normalize, patch, regularize, smooth, straighten), ‏سقط (bring down, cave, come off, dip, dive, down, drop, drop out, failed, fall, go by the board, skip, spill, sprawl, squirt, topple, trip, tumble), ‏رص, ‏ترسخ (firm, solidify), ‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏تعود (be accustomed to, familiarization, fixation, get into a rut, get used to it, habituation, take, take on, wont), ‏توطد (firm, foothold), ‏حط (landing, perch, positioning, sit, vulgarize), ‏حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏وصى (advise, boost, charge, commend, executor, exhort), ‏وطن (country, establish, home, homeland, native land, populate, soil), ‏قرر (affirm, be decided, be determined, be resolved to, choose, conclude, condition, decide, destine, determine, dispose, establish, figure, figure out, fix, make acknowledge, make confess, make up one's mind, plump for, propose, regulate, resolve, rule, set, state), ‏قضى (accomplish, carry out, decree, execute, foreordain, ordain, pay, predestine, preordain, require, spend), ‏قضى على (kill), ‏نظم (adjust, arrange, array, bed, cast, code, codify, collocate, compose, construct, control, dispose, fix, form, groom, lay, line, marshal, mastermind, measure, order, organize, plan, poetize, put in order, put things straight, reform, regiment, regulate, regulation, right, seed, shape, shuffle, sort, spruce up, stage, streamline, systematize, verse), ‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏مقعد خشبي طويل (form), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отсъждам (adjudge, adjudicate, decide, decree, determine, judge, mete out, rule), изплащам (allow, clear, disburse, discharge, expiate, lift, liquidate, meet, pay, pay away, pay out, pay up, repay, sink, take up), избистрям се (clarify, fine), падам (attach, come down, crash, descend, drop, drop off, fall, fall off, fall out, go down, hang, land, lapse, light, prang, ring down, roll off, set, settle down, slip down, topple, tumble, tumble down), забременявам (become pregnant, conceive), заселвам (colonize, denizen, immigrate, people, pioneer, plant, populate), заселвам се, натъкмявам (whip together), нареждам (arrange, bid, collocate, decree, dispose, dress, enjoin, have, lay out, make, ordain, order, pack, pitch, range, seriate, set, set out, set up, sort out, tell, trim), настанявам (accommodate, collocate, encamp, establish, fix up, induct, instal, install, place, put up, set, set up, station), дълга пейка с облегало, определям (allot, allow, assign, characterize, define, design, determine, fix, give, govern, identify, intend, lay, mark down, modify, name, nominate, pigeonhole, pitch, prescribe, qualify, set down, spot, state), успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), кацам (alight, ground, put down), трупам (cluster, congregate, gather, heap, hive, lay up, pile, roll up, run, run up, shovel, store, treasure up), разплащам се (pay, pay off), разполагам (collocate, dispose, pitch, position, site, situate), решавам (adjudicate, choose, conclude, decide, determine, elect, figure out, make up one's mind, resolve, seal, solve, work), улеснявам (facilitate, favour, grease, smooth, tide), уговарям (condition, contract, negotiate, provide, set, settle on, stipulate), укротявам (break in, calm down, cow, manage, master, mollify, pacify, subdue, tame, twit), утаявам се (fix, gravitate, settle down, subside), уреждам (acquit, arrange, atone, compose, deal, dispose of, fix up, ground, negotiate, organize, patch, patch up, pay, quit, regulate, set right, sew up, tee up, work out, wrap, wrap up), настанявам се (check in, ensconce oneself, perch, squat). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(clear, limpid), 定居, 安家落戶 (make one's home in a place), (establish, fix). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zabydlet se, zařídit (arrange, equip, fit out, fix, fix up, furnish, get up, manage, organize, see to, wangle), vyrovnat (balance, clear off, compound, eke, eke out, equalize, even, even out, even up, flatten, justify, level up, meet, quit, settle up, smooth out, stack up, steady), vyřešit (crack, figure out, puzzle out, resolve, solve, straighten, unscramble), uspořádat (arrange, dispose, dress, make up, order, organize, put in order, regularize, regulate, re-sort, sort), usadit (deflate, score off, seat, squash), urovnat (adjust, arrange, even out, iron, iron out, make up, put things straight), urèit (allocate, appoint, assign, define, design, designate, destine, determine, earmark, fix, identify, intend for, lay down, ordain, reserve, state, will), proèistit (clarify), pevnì uložit, osídlit (populate, settle down). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sammensynke (subside), afregne (square up). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afhandelen (compose, conclude, dispatch, expedite, finish, finnish), afdoen (conclude, dispatch, expedite, finish, finnish, put off, take off). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malplifortiĝi (abate), kvitiĝi (square up), findecidi (compose, conclude, dispatch), finaranĝi (conclude, dispatch, expedite, finnish). (various references)

   

Estonian

  

asuda (settle in). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مقیم کردن (Garrison), معین کردن (Allocate, Allot, Define, Delineate, Designate, Govern, Limit, Specify), ماندن (Abide, Be, Lie, Remain, Stall, Stand, Stay, Subsist), نشست کردن (Sink, Subside), کردن (Braid, Do, Fold, Gig, Grade, Ground, Hatch, Have, Hinder, Joint, List, Lob, Pass, Peer, Perform, Pickup, Poop, Ramble, Rest, Set, Stick, Tag, Thread, Tip), واریزکردن (Even, Square), واریز (Settlement), ته نشین شدن , تسویه (Adjustment, Settlement, Solution), تصفیه حساب کردن , تصفیه (Administration, Catharsis, Infiltration, Settlement), ساکن کردن (Denizen), جادادن (Accommodate, Chamber, Embed, Fix, House, Incorporate, Incorporation, Infix, Insert, Receive, Stable, Stead). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suorittaa (carry out, carry through, defray, do, effect, execute, make, pass, pay, perform, solve), sopia (agree, be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, become reconciled, befit, fit, make an agreement, make it up, match, suit), sijoittua (be placed, place oneself), selvittää (adjust, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, disentangle, explain, liquidate, make clear, solve, wind up), saostua (be precipitated), vakaannuttaa (establish, stabilize, strengthen), ratkaista (decide, determine, resolve, solve, work), painua (collapse, droop, drop, sink, submerge), laskeutua pohjaan, laskeutua (alight, come dawn, descend, get down, go down, land, sink, touch down), järjestää (adjust, arrange, fix, fix up, organize, put in order, stage), asuttaa (colonize, populate). (various references)

   

French

  

régler (set). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

rekkenje (account, calculate, count, figure, square up, work out), ferswakje (abate), ôfrekkenje (square up), ôfhannelje (conclude, dispatch, expedite, finish, liquidate). (various references)

   

German

  

Bank (bank, bed, bench, crouch position, dock, easel, form, kitty, layer, pew, seat, squab, tressle, workbench), sich niederlassen (alight, ensconce, establish oneself, establishing, lie down, light, perch, roost, set up in business, set up shop, settle down, sit down). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κανονίζω (adjust, arrange, gear, make arrangements, order, regulate, set), εγκαθίσταμαι (be established, locate, move in). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לישב (accommodate, colonize, mediate, people, populate), לשקוע (be immersed, bog, decay, decline, degenerate, sag, sink, socket, subside), לשבת (dwell, inhabit, sit), ל"ת חל (take possession), ל"ושיב (appoint, populate, seat, set, sit), ל"שתקע (be drowned, be immersed, become domiciled, sink), ל"ס"יר (adjust, order, put to order, regularize, regulate, square up), לר"ת (come down, descend, down, fall, go down, sag, subside), לס"ר (arrange, array, fix, ordain, order, organize, put in order, put things straight, straighten, trim). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megszilárdít (cement, concrete, consolidate, set, stabilize, to cement, to concrete, to confirm, to congeal, to consolidate, to firm, to set, to solidify, to steady), letelepítés (setting, settling), letelepít (to plant), elhelyez (fix up, house, instal, install, locate, Lodge, place, quarter, set, situate, space, Stow, to accommodate, to depose, to fix up, to install, to park, to place, to plant, to recess, to seat, to stow). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mengendap (be present, precipitate), menerangkan (construe, declarative, elucidate, explain), cokol (extant, reside), bercokol (be in existence, extant, reside). (various references)

   

Irish

  

socraigh. (various references)

   

Italian

  

liquidare (clear, despatch, disburse, dispatch, get rid of, kill, liquidate, pay, pay off, sell off, wind up). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

沈降 (precipitate). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ち""う (precipitate). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

안치. (various references)

   

Manx

  

soie sheese (sit down), soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, situate, situation, station, synchronize), lhie (dovetail, hang, lay, lie, lie down, repose, setting, settling, squat), kiartaghey (accommodate, accommodate arrange, adjust, adjusting, amend, correct, correct as mistake, correction, even out, fix, make, modification, modify, preparation, prepare, qualify, ready, rectification, redress, setting, settling, true), cur fea er (still). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ettlesay

   

Portuguese

  

sossegar (calm down, lull, repose, still), satisfazer (appease, assuage, content, fill, gladden, grating, indulge, measure up with, pay, please, pleasing, pleasure, satisfy, slake, stay, suffice, suit, wreak), fixar-se como colono, acomodar (accommodate, accommodating, accomodate, adapt, arrange, attemper, attune, berth, compose, contain, have room for, have space for, locate, place, put up, tune), ajustar (accomodate, adapt, adjust, agree on, attune, bargain, close, compromise, contract, fettle, fit, fix, level, make a contract, make up for, Mount, place, put right, put up, rectify, regulate, suit, tune), amenizar (assuage, ease, make public, soften), arranjar (accomodate, achieve, acquire, adjust, arrange, calculate, catch, collate, curry, do, do up, dress, fare, figure up, filibeg, find, fix, fix up, get, lay, lay out, make, nib, obtain, order, organize, patch, pick, pick up, pitch, place, prepare, procure, put in order, remake, schedule, size, square up, tidy, titivate, to arrange, trim), casar (a pair of, get married, husband, marry, match head, mate, pair, tie the knot, Wed, yoke), colonizar (colonize, plantain), combinar (agree, ally, assort, bespeak, blend, coincide, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, go aboard, join forces with, make up, Marshal, match, mix, put to, unite), decidir (adjudicate, award, decide, find, fix, govern, liquidate, make up one's mind, ordeal, overrun, resolve, to decide, will), determinar (access, affix, appoint, ascertain, condition, define, destine, determinate, determine, fasten, fix, governable, make, make fast, order, post, prescribe, put, put in mind, resolve, route, secure, set), acalmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lullaby, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, simmer down, slow down, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), estabelecer-se (set up, settle down), tranquilizar (pack, quiet, reassure, resettle, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), instalar (erect, establish, found, hand in, instal, install, located, Lodge, plant, quarter, seat), liquidar (acquit, close out, defray, despatch, dispatch, knock off, liquidate, pay, pay homage to, pay off, pay up, rub out, satisfy, sell out), ordenar (appoint, as instructed, assign, assort, bid, charge, class, command, decree, dictate, dispose, enacting, enjoin, fix up, frog, impose, Marshal, ordain, order, pigeonhole, post, prescribe, put in order, range, sort, tell, tidy), pôr em ordem (clean up, order, sort, straighten, straighten out, trim), pagar (acquit, defray, give, pay, pay tax, payable, remunerate, repay, requite, retort, return, reward, rip up, satisfy, shell out, spend, to pay, unrip), passar a viver em, povoar (people, population, vegetate), resolver (choose, compose, conclude, decide, deem, dissolve, figure out, find, fix, iron oxide, meander, nail down, resolve, solve, unravel, unriddle, work out), estabelecer (base, build up, constitute, determine, enplane, enter into, erect, establish, fix a date, fixable, found, implantation, impose, institute, lay down, make, make out, make up, ordain, organized, prescribe, seat, set, set up, situate, stipulate). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se aşeza pe, se aşeza (colonize, install, perch, seat, sit, sit down), se cãsãtori (couple, espouse, get married, intermarry, marry, mate, splice, Wed), se depune (fall, precipitate), se limpezi (dawn on, fine), se localiza, se statornici, se tasa (subside), stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, calm, clinch, conclude, constitute, decree, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, measure, nail down, name, nominate, regulate, set, set out, spot, state, verify), stabiliza (peg, stabilize, steady), statornici (determine, establish, fix), se potoli (abate, burn down, calm, dampen, die away, fall, flatten, lull, quiet, remit, smooth down, soften, subside), aplana (accommodate, adjust, arrange, compose, fix up, make up, patch up, smooth, stay), depozita (bestow, deposit, garner, leave, store, warehouse), convinge (blarney, bring, bring over, coax, convince, cozen into, determine, draw, get, induce, persuade, reason, satisfy), concluziona (compose, conclude, dispatch), coloniza (colonize), chivernisi (administer, earn, enrich, save), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), cãsãtori (marry, match, mate, pair, splice, Wed), aşeza (arrange, bed, beset, bestow, build, collocate, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, position, put, put down, put on, repose, seat, set, situate, stack, stand, stick, Stow, subside), aranja (adjust, arrange, clench, compose, compound, concert, conclude, contrive, dispose, do, do out, engineer, fiddle, fix, fix up, impose, juggle, Marshal, order, organize, pose, posture, put in order, put to rights, put up, set, set out, set to rights, size, stage, Stow, straighten, suit, tidy, tidy up, trim), face stabil, ordona (arrange, array, bid, command, dictate, direct, enjoin, give an order, methodize, order, put in order, tell, tidy), cãpãtui pe cineva, fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, Mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), hotãrî (appoint, conclude, decide, destine, determine, fix, give, judge, make, persuade, resolve, rule, seal, state, stipulate, will), instala (arrange, establish, fix, inaugurate, induct, install, locate, pitch, place, position, put, put in, rig up, set, sink), lãsa (abandon, alight, allow, break, cast off, cease, create, diminish, discontinue, drop, fail, forsake, free, leave, leave behind, let, put away, quit, relinquish, renounce, secure, sink, sprout, stop, suffer, weaken), lãsa sã se limpezeascã, încondeia pe cineva, linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), tasa, organiza (activate, arrange, erect, establish, order, organize, regiment, systematize, systemize), plãti în cont (pay on account), pune în ordine (assemble, clean up, do, make, methodize, right, set to rights, tidy up), rezolva (clinch, compound, dispatch, do, expedite, piece up, resolve, solve), risipi (broadcast, cast away, chase, chuck away, clear, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, quiet, remove, repel, riot, scatter, solve, spend, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), limpezi (clarify, clear, filter, rinse, wash). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

устраивать (ensconce, establish, install, sit well with), усаживаться (sit down), успокоиться, урегулировать (fix up, hammer down, regulation), уладить (arrange, fix up), селиться, решать (conclude, decide, determine, elect, judge, make up ~ mind, make up one's mind, resolve, solve, solved, solves, work out), расселить, разрешать (allow, authorise, authorize, determine, enable, let, license, permit, ratify, resolve, solve), водвориться, оседать (sink, subside), осаждаться (deposit), закрывать (close, cover, shut, shut down, shuts, shutting, turn off), завещать (bequeath, bequeath to), поселяться. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

socraich (cease, determine, fix, make steady), t rmaich (be the source of, gather). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

smiriti (appease, becalm, calm, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, tranquillize), sleći (shrug), ustaliti (stabilize), urediti (arrange, do up, fix up, iron out, lay, organize, put in order, redact, tidy up), raspraviti (discuss, have a bone to pick), pribrati (collect), okućiti (house), odlučiti (choose, chose, conclude, decide, decree, determine, resolve, set one's mind on doing smth., will), obračunati (liquidate), nastaniti (inhabit, pioneer), naseliti (haft, people, populate), namiriti (feed, satisfy, supply), izravnati se (even out, level), doseliti se (immigrate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

despachar (attend to, conclude, despatch, dismiss, dispatch, dispose of, expedite, finish, sack, see to, send, send off, serve, ship, toss off, transmit, turn away). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ordna (adjust, arrange, arrange for, array, assort, compose, dispose, do, dress, lay on, put in order, rank, regulate, see, sort), bilägga (annex, append, arrange, attach, enclose, inclose, patch up a quarrel, reconcile, tack to), betala (answer, clear, discharge, liquidate, pay, pay up, pick up the bill, quit, shell out). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เข้ามาอาศัยอยู่, ทำให้เข้ามาอาศัยอยู่, ตั"สินใจ, ตั"สิน (arbitrate, judge, look, rule), ม้ายาวที่มีพนักพิงและที่วางแขน, จ่ายหนี้. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

süzmek (bolt, clarify, contemplate, drain, eye, filter, filtrate, infiltrate, Leach, measure, percolate, strain), sıra (alignment, arrangement, array, bench, desk, file, form, linage, line, occasion, order, ordinal, place, progression, queue, range, rank, row, sequence, series, slot, spell, succession, tier, train, turn), dibe oturmak, berraklaşmak (clarify, clear, fine), belirlemek (adjust, appoint, assess, assign, condition, decide, define, detect, determine, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, peg, seal, set, set down, single out, slate, specify, state), bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip), durulmak (become clear, clarify, settle down, slack, slack off), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed), karar vermek (award, decide, hand down, make a decision, make up one's mind, resolve, return), ayak uydurmak (fall in step with, fall into step with, humor, humour, keep pace with, keep step, keep step with, keep up with, string along, string along with, temporize), anlaşmak (agree, bargain, be in rapport with, close, come to an agreement, come to terms, compound, compromise, concert, conspire, cotton, covenant, fix on, fix up on, get along, get along with, getting on with, go along, hit it off with smb., keep in with, make a bargain, reach an agreement, settle with, strike a bargain), adapte olmak, ömür boyu hak vermek, ödemek (acquit, ante, ante up, atone for, clear, come across with, defray, disburse, discharge, domicil, domicile, domiciliate,