Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Settled

Definitions: Settled

Settled

Adjective

1. Established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night".

2. 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".

3. Inhabited by colonists.

4. Clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances of success".

5. Not changeable; "a period of settled weather".

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

Date "settled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)


Synonyms: Settled

Synonyms: colonised (adj), colonized (adj), defined (adj), formed (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: unsettled (adj). (additional references)

Top     

Synonyms within Context: Settled

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

Accounts

Books, account book, ledger; day book, cash book, pass book; journal; debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account; account current; balance, balance sheet; compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts; profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts.

Belief

Firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion; uberrima fides.

End

Ended; Verb: at an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive. penultimate; last but one, last but two; unbegun, uncommenced; fresh.

Intention

Decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution; wish; arriere pensee; motive.

Maxim

Reflection; (idea); conclusion; (judgment); golden rule; (precept); principle, principia; profession of faith; (belief); settled principle, accepted principle, formula.

Stability

Fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established; Verb: vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Top     

Crosswords: Settled

Specialty definitions using "settled": ABRASIVE GRADER, acid-wash operator, activated sludge, agitator operator, Alaska Native village statistical area, alum mixer, ALUM-PLANT OPERATORbeaker decantation, Bees, Bell-man, benzene operator, BENZENE-WASHER OPERATOR, benzol operator, Beth-shean, biological sludge, Boheme, BOILING-TUB OPERATORCahors, CDP, Census designated place, certificate of option, civil affair, CLAIM EXAMINERDanaos, DANTE, dead zone, Dedan, Delivery month, down, drag classifier, drag-out lossEsperanza classifierfault mosaic, Flins, FLINTSGalatia, GENERAL CLAIMS AGENT, Genter thickener, GLUTEN-SETTLING TENDER, gob headingHERE AND THEREIAN, His, HOT-WORT SETTLERIn our midst, Innis FodhlaKITTLE PITCHERINGLABORER, STARCH FACTORY, Linkenbach table, LINSEED-OIL REFINERmachine cycle, manna, Metropolitan statistical area, mining camp, MozaideNAPOLEON, NICKEL-PLANT OPERATOR, No net loss wetlands policyOne'sperson permanently settled, person temporarily absent, PIN MONEY, Plato and the Bees, Plentiful, Plenty, Projectilerefinery operator, Remote Alaska enumeration, Reptile, reserves against unsettled claims, Rolling StoneSAND-MILL GRINDER, Scabbard, Sedimentation Tanks, Settle up, settled ground, settled water, settlement period, Sheba, Shihor-Libnath, SLIME-PLANT OPERATOR II, stock purchase warrant, SYSKEYtray thickenerUA, urban cluster, urbanised area, urbanized areaVintry Wardwashing-tub operator, wet-and-dry screening, Windows sockets. (references)
Etymologies containing "settled": ConventionarySettledness. (references)

Top     

Modern Usage: Settled

DomainUsage

Screenplays

So, its all settled then. (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

It appears our argument has been settled for us. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence)

You must be happy that she settled so well. (Emma; writing credit: Douglas McGrath)

So I settled for good foodnice musicand, um. (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois)

By October, things had settled down again. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

Lyrics

At least it settled in a final location (Californication; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Clever

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Settled Out of Court (1925)

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

Top     

Commercial Usage: Settled

DomainTitle

Books

  • Healing Is a Settled Issue (reference)

  • I Always Wanted to Be Somebody (But I Settled for Much More, Me) (reference)

  • Iowa's Heritage of Pioneer Family Farms: Family Owned Farms Settled from 1834 to 1864 (reference)

  • Just Pencil Me In: Your Guide to Moving and Getting Settled After 60 (reference)

  • Pioneer Families of Moab, Newman Lake, & Thompson Creek, Washington: Family Histories of the Pioneers Who Settled This Area 1880-1940 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

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

Top     

Photo Album: Settled

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Station Post emulating the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" Leg settled badly in vicinity of ditch Tower was rebuilt with one leg placed in center of road. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The fish question settled. Credit: Library of Congress.

The dust has settled on the peninsula. Credit: Library of Congress.

What every husband knows. Oh gosh, I'm tired! Oh, Ed! Before you get settled won't ... Credit: Library of Congress.

"Duster" (plane spraying insecticide) over a field of beans. The mechanic in the foreground indicates the outside limit of the last "swath" which has settled by the time the plane returns. Note how low the plane flies. Bean fields like this, hundreds of a. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Duster" plane spraying insecticide over a field of beans. The mechanic in the foreground indicates the outside limit of the last "swath" which has settled by the time the plane returns. Note how low the plane flies. Beanfields like this, hundreds of acre. Credit: Library of Congress.

Galveston, Texas. Couple from New Hampshire who have settled in Galveston, Texas for their health. Credit: Library of Congress.

The question settled. Credit: Library of Congress.

A literary debate in the Darktown Club--The question settled / Tho. Worth. Credit: Library of Congress.

You may dispose of me very easily : I am nearly disposed of now, but this question is still to be settled, this Negro question ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Top     

Familiar Quotations: Settled

AuthorQuotation

Francis Bacon

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

Otto Von Bismarck

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.

Seneca

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

Susan B. Anthony

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Historic Usage: Settled

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And therefore a king governing in a settled kingdom, leaves to be a king, and degenerates into a tyrant, as soon as he leaves off to rule according to his laws. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

All other questions which may arise from the cession of the territory referred to in Article 100 shall be settled by further agreements. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Use in Literature: Settled

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She went on herself, to give that portion of time to an old servant who was married, and settled in Donwell.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

This last polysyllable settled the matter.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Now, after he had won the crown of martyrdom (though with no longer a head to wear it on), the point might be looked upon as settled.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He settled differences, he prevented lawsuits, he reconciled enemies.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A descendant of Baldwin the First, captain Francis Forster, settled in Ireland and married the daughter of the last chieftain of Clanbrassil.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

They settled lazily into the water and washed listlessly at their flanks.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

My accounts, which I can swear to have kept faithfully, I have, indeed, never got audited, still less accepted, still less paid and settled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: Settled

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Whether using a combination of two effective methods improves upon the effectiveness of either alone or is less effective than either alone is not a settled issue. (references)

Business

For the past few years, strikes have been limited and they are usually settled quickly. (references)

Approximately 90 percent of all advertising disputes are settled without resorting to court action. (references)

The top Indian hardware names include HCL, Zenith, Wipro, and TVSE. Many of the top U.S. brands such as Intel, IBM, and Compaq are well settled in the Indian market. (references)

Civil Liberties

Azerbaijan

Armenians have settled in parts of Nagorno-Karabakh. (references)

Georgia

Chechen refugees have settled in the Pankisi Valley in the eastern part of the country. (references)

Russia

More than 13,000 of them settled in Krasnodar Kray, and approximately 700 settled in the Kabardino-Balkariya Republic. (references)

Economic History

Tunisia

THE CASE WAS EVENTUALLY SETTLED WITHOUT COMPENSATION. (references)

Norway

Norway has a small population and is sparsely settled. (references)

Haiti

For this reason, many disputes are settled out of court. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

The case later was settled out of court. (references)

United Kingdom

Another 231 cases were settled informally. (references)

South Africa

As of September 7, 12,675 land restitution claims had been settled. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

Transmigrants sometimes are settled on land who ownership is disputed. (references)

Indonesia

When disputes cannot be settled, the Government has the authority to define fair compensation for land. (references)

Colombia

It is buying back much of this land, which was settled by mestizo peasants, and returning it to indigenous groups. (references)

Minorities

Greece

Many Roma are settled permanently, mainly in the Athens area. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Many members of the Baoule group, which long has inhabited the east-central region, have settled in towns and on previously uncultivated land in other areas, especially in more westerly regions. (references)

Solomon Islands

Over the past century, and particularly since World War II, many persons from the poor, heavily populated island of Malaita have settled on Guadalcanal, the island on which the capital of Honiara is located. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

Most copyright cases have been settled out of court. (references)

PARAGUAY

All foreign exchange transactions are settled at the daily free market rate. (references)

PHILIPPINES

Because of the prospect that court action will be lengthy, many cases are settled out of court. (references)

Trade

Kuwait

The dollar value, however, of this obligation can be reduced if it is settled in a manner which is in accord with the Kuwaiti government's priorities. (references)

Ghana

If goods brought into Ghana under temporary entry permit are to be sold, the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) must be notified and appropriate taxes settled in full before the sale. (references)

Nigeria

At the inception of this democratic government in May 1999, the parallel official rate of Naira 22 to $1 was abolished to avoid official abuse of securing dollar from the government and selling same to Banks at the Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (AFEM) rate of about Naira100 to $1. The government also settled a lot of the local debts thus resulting to excess liquid cash in the economy and consequently the free fall of the Naira in the AFEM. (references)

Travel

New Zealand

Weather is changeable, typically with short periods of a few days of settled or unsettled weather. (references)

Women

Grenada

The police state that most cases of abuse are not reported, and others are settled out of court. (references)

Solomon Islands

In the rare cases that are reported, charges often are dropped by the victims before the court appearance or are settled out of court. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominican Republic

The 1999 case involving the Han Chang company was settled through mediation. (references)

Ukraine

There have been cases in which such disputes were not settled in a fair and equitable manner. (references)

Marshall Islands

The case of the restaurant worker was settled in a civil suit in January, and he returned to his home. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.

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

Top     

Spoken Usage: Settled

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Tom Brokaw

Well, I think it's the nature of the people who came there and settled the prairie under very difficult circumstances.

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

Top     

Speeches: Settled

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801Croix as now settled and what is usually called the Bay of Fundy lie a number of valuable islands.

James Monroe

1817-1825Against foreign danger the policy of the Government seems to be already settled.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829The general aspect of the affairs of our neighboring American nations of the south has been rather of approaching than of settled tranquility.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837After our transition from the state of colonies to that of an independent nation many points were found necessary to be settled between us and Great Britain.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974I recognized, in January, that a long and bitter war like this usually cannot be settled in a public forum.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Usage Frequency: Settled

"Settled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 60.45% of the time. "Settled" is used about 2,776 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 (past participle)60.45%1,6784,987
Lexical Verb (past tense)31.49%8748,130
Adjective (general or positive)8.06%22420,130
                    Total100.00%2,776N/A

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

Top     

Expressions: Settled

Expressions using "settled": be settled be settled in a place get settled have been settled it is as good as settled not settled person permanently settled settled form of existence settled principle settled purpose settled water thickly settled well settled. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "settled": cash-settled, re-settled.

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

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Settled

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

all settled

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Settled

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

Albanian

  

i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i qëndrueshëm (abiding, consistent, constant, durable, enduring, evergreen, fast, firm, Hardy, indissoluble, lasting, lingering, perdurable, permanent, persistent, resistant, stabilized, stable, steady, surefooted, unalterable, unswerving), i përhershëm (chronic, confirmed, constant, eternal, everlasting, fadeless, immortal, immutable, lasting, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, sempiternal), i caktuar (appointed, appointee, attached, certain, definite, detailed, determinate, explicit, express, finite, fixed, given, magistral, mounted, set, specified, stated, strict, unequivocal). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مقرر (affirmed, confirmed, decided, determined, established), ‏مستقر (constant, enduring, firm, normal, regular, stabilized, stable, steady), ‏مستعمر (colonist, imperialist, settler), ‏مسدد, ‏مثبت (fastener, fixative, fixed, reinforced), ‏مركز (center, center on, centered, centralize, centre, centre on, concentrated, fastened, fixed, focus, funnel, localise, locality, localize, location, office, position, post, seat, site, situation, spot, station), ‏وطيد (firm, solid, stable, steady, stiff), ‏ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, perpetual, solid, stabile, stable, standing, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantive, unfailing, unmoved), ‏راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incommutable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, solid, sound, stabile, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure, unalterable, vested). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

устойчив (firm, persevering, resistant, rigid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure footed, unswerving), установен (determinate, established, fixed, imperial, invariable, regulation, rooted, routine, set, stated, unalterable), уравновесен (balanced, equable, equal, equiponderant, even, even tempered, even-minded, level, level headed, sedate, smooth, sober minded, well balanced), улегнал (composed, mellow, sedate, staid), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), траен (abiding, durable, enduring, fast, keeping, lasting, secular, secure, serviceable, stable, standing, steadfast, stout, substantive), вкоренен (chronic, ingrain, ingrained, inveterate, rooted), определен (certain, concrete, definite, definitive, determinate, explicit, finite, fixed, given, positive, precise, set, special, stated), населен (populated), заселен, постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, stable, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

安定 (calm and orderly, maintain, quiet, stabilize, stabilized, stable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

usazený. (various references)

   

Danish

  

slæmmet jord, tilslæmmet jord. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

beklonken. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tiivistynyt maa, asettunut maa. (various references)

   

French

  

tassé, remboursé, rangé, colonisé, établi. (various references)

   

German

  

sesshaft (resident), perfekt (complete, perfect, perfect tense, perfectly, thorough, ultimate), geregelt (controlled, orderly, organized, regular, regulated, ruled, well ordered), feststehend (definite, established, fast, firm, fixed, set, stable, standing firm, static, stationary, unbreakable), festgelegt (appointed, determinate, determined, fixed), fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fete, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanent, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, solid, solidly, sound, squarely, stable, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unfaltering, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly), beständig (consistent, constant, constantly, continual, durable, inextinguishable, invariably, lasting, perennial, permanent, persistent, proof, resistant, stable, steadfast, steady, sustained), abgesetzt (degraded, degradet, discharged), abgemacht (agreed, done, it's a bargain). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμπυκνωμένο, πάγιοσ (consolidated, fixed, steady). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מיושב (inhabited, populated, seated), משוכן (domiciled, localized), מסו"ר (arranged, fixed, made up, orderly, shipshape, taut, trim), יציב (fixed, immobile, on an even keel, set, stable, stationary, steady), קבוע (constant, fitted, fixation, fixed, fixing, fixture, habitual, permanent, regular, set, stable, standing, stated, stationary, steady, uniform), ושב (inhabited). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

változatlan (changeless, constant, fixed, invariable, stereotyped, unabated, unalterable, unchanged, uniform). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

lunas (keel, paid), kelar (done, finished, in order, ready), beres (clean, finished, in order, tidy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stabilito (determined, established, fixed, set, statedly), stabile (abiding, building, durable, firm, permanent, set, stable, standing, steady), sistemato (Square), saldato, raffermato, radicato (deep rooted, deep-seated, ingrain, ingrained, inveteracy, rooted), posato (composed, sedate, steady), pagato (disburses, paid), inveterato (confirmed, deep-seated, habitual, ingrained, inveterate), fisso (agelong, celebration, definitely, destines, determinate, determined, fast, feast, fix, fixed, fixedly, permanent, regular, set, solid, standing, stationary, steady, tight, tighten), fissato (appends, arranged, clamps, cleats, defining, determined, determining, fixed, set), fermo (arrest, catch, constant, durable, fast, firm, fixed, lock, motionless, standing, stationary, steady, still, stop, tight), deciso (bent, bound, decided, decisive, definite, determinate, determined, deterministic, firm, intent, positive, resolute, set, single minded, thoroughgoing, unflinching), calmo (calm, composed, cool, equal, even tempered, halcyon, passionless, peaceable, quiet, sedate, serene, silent, silently, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited), a posto (in berth). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

既決 (decided, determined), "払い済み (paid), 済み (arranged, taken care of), 一決 (agreed), 一定 (certain, defined, definite, fixed, prescribed, regularized, standardized, uniform). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すみ (arranged, charcoal, corner, ink, nook, taken care of), きけつ (beginning and end, conclusion, decided, determined), しはらいずみ (paid), いっけつ (agreed, hemorrhage, one gang, same hole), いってい (certain, defined, definite, fixed, prescribed, regularized, standardized, uniform), いちじょう (a matter, a quire, a quotation, a salver, a streak, a tray, certain, defined, definite, fixed, one mat, one time, prescribed, regularized, standardized, uniform). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

침 하". (various references)

   

Manx

  

reaghit (cleared, combed, decided, determined), kiartit (adjusted, corrected, modified, prepared), kiarit (deliberate, designed, intended, provided, resolved). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ettledsay

   

Portuguese

  

seguro (assured, certain, clear, confident, deep-seated, dependable, faithful, fast, firm, indemnity payment, insurance, insurance agent, insurant, jumper, reliable, retentive, safe, secure, sound, staunch, steady, sturdy, sure, sure fire, trustworthy, trusty, unerring), tranquilo (calm, cool-headed, deep-seated, easel, even-minded, half-light, order paper, pacific ocean, passions, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaker, piping hot, placidity, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, rested, restful, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, smooth, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcerned, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred), invariável (deep-seated, fixed income securities, invariably, same, steady, unalterable, undeviating), inalterável (constant, deep-seated, immovable, inamorata, same, steadfast, true blue, unalterable, unfading), imutável (changeless, deep-seated, immovable, imp, individual, unalterable, unconvertible), fixo (deep-seated, fade out, fast, firm, fixed, immobile, immovable, inelastic, permanent cease fire, set, stable, stated, stationary, steady, stereotyped, unmoved), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, sober, solid, stable, steadfast, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unfaltering, unhesitating, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), estabelecido (deep-seated, established, stated), estável (deep-seated, enduring, permanent, solid, stable, steadfast, steady), enraizado (deep rooted, deep-seated, engrained, rooted), determinado (certain, decided, deep-seated, determinate, determined, set, stated), decidido (crisp, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, forthright, game, gamy, gritty, intent, purposive, resolute, resolved, routine, stark, strong, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering), amontoado (congeries, huddle, piled). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

statornic (abiding, constant, constantly, durable, lasting, permanently, rigid, smooth, stable, steadfast, steadfastly, unchanging, unfailing), stabilit (appointed, determined, established, fixed, given, measured, rated, rooted, set, stated), stabil (durable, firm, fixed, fixedly, lasting, permanent, sedentary, set, solid, sound, stable, standing, steadfast, steady), frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brave, calm, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fair, fine, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, lovely, merry, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured), casnic (domestic, domesticated, family, home, homely, home-made, household, housewifely, menial), cãpãtuit, aranjat (concerted, ensconced, prim, snug, solved, tidy, trim, well arranged). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спокойный (calm, calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled), решенный (agreed, decided, derived, determinate), оседлый, постоянный (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, eternal, hard, hourly, immanent, in ordinary, invariable, invariant, perdurable, perm, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, stationary, uniform, unvarying). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stavljen, staložen (calm, composed, orderly, poised, sedate, staid), sređen (composed, steady, straight), uređen, odlučan (crucial, decided, decretory, determined, point blank, purposeful, resolute, resolved, spirited, stalwart, trojan), izmiren (quit), duboko ukorenjen (deep rooted, deep-seated). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asentado (everlasting, permanent, uninterrupted). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stadig (established, firm, fixed, foursquare, level headed, secure, staid, steadfast, steady, unfaltering), oföränderlig (changeless, immovable, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, inflexible, invariable, unchangeable, unchanging), konsoliderad, fast (although, concrete, consistent, firm, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flat, hard and fast, immovable, indissoluble, permanent, permanently, rigid, solid, stuck, sturdy, though, tight, unblinking, unfaltering, unshaken, unwavering), bestämd (assertive, assuredly, clear-cut, concise, definite, determined, devoted, emphatic, express, fixed, given, intended, meant, particular, peremptory, positive, resolute, set, specific, without fail), bebyggd, bebodd, avgjord (decided, definite, undoubted). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sabit (attached, changeless, constant, entrenched, established, fast, firm, fixed, flat, flat-footed, immobile, immovable, immutable, indelible, invariable, irremovable, permanent, put, real, rigid, set, stable, staid, standing, staring, static, stationary, steadfast, steady, substantive, unwavering), sürekli (abiding, assiduous, chronic, consistent, consistently, constant, continual, continuous, continuum, durable, enduring, everlasting, habitual, hourly, imprescriptible, incessant, invariable, lasting, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, running, secular, standing, steady, sustained, unabating, unceasing, unremitting), yerleşik (based, entrenched, prescriptive, sedentary, situate, situated, stationary), oturmuş (fitted, seated, sedentary, steady), kararlı (bent, decided, decisive, determined, dogged, firm, flat-footed, hard core, high pressure, immovable, inflexible, intent, professional, resolute, resolved, set, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, stable, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, undeterred, unfaltering), durgun (airless, bovine, calm, depressed, ditch water, ditchwater, flat, halcyon, in the doldrums, inactive, languid, lifeless, placid, quiescent, quiet, serene, slack, sleepy, stagnant, standing, static, still, stock-still, tranquil, unruffled, untroubled, windless), devamlı (assiduous, away, chronic, continual, continued, continuous, everlasting, evermore, forever, frequent, hourly, in ordinary, incessant, invariable, invariably, lasting, non-stop, on end, permanent, persistent, regular, regularly, steady, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting), değişmez (changeless, constant, entrenched, equable, fast, fixed, flat-footed, frozen, hard and fast, immutable, inalterable, invariable, Pat, permanent, regular, rigid, set, stable, static, steadfast, steady, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unswerving, unvarying, unwavering), düzenli (clean-cut, coordinate, dainty, equal, even, harmonious, in good trim, in order, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, regular, right, snug, stated, steady, systematic, systematical, tidy), ödenmiş (paid, paid in, paid up). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яerlemek (be settled, make a place home). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

статечний (personable, sedate), сталий (canonic, canonical, changeless, constant, fuddy-duddy, stabilized, steadfast, well balanced), твердий (callous, choky, consistent, coriaceous, crisp, crusty, deep-seated, firm, hard, hard and fast, resolute, solid, staunch, steadfast, stern, strong, tough), заселений (inhabitable), постійний (abiding, blue, certain, changeless, chronic, constant, continual, frequent, hourly, immanent, never failing, perdurable, permanent, regular, sedentary, standing, stationary, steady, uniform). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không sôi nổi đã giải quyết r"i, chắc chắn (assuredly, away, certain, fast, reliable, secure, staid, strong, undoubted, unquestionable, well-founded, well-grounded), bị lắng, ổn định chín chắn, điềm tĩnh (calmly, composed, cool, impassive, imperturbable, passionless, placid, self-collected), đã thanh toán r"i đã định cư; đã có gia đình, đã có nơi có chốn, đã ổn định cuộc sống bị chiếm l m thuộc địa đã lắng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Ancestral Language Translations: Settled

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

certa, certam, certe, certi, certissimam, certissime, certissimo, certius, certo, certum, certus, conposita, conpositis, conposito, conpositum, expedio, placeat, placebat, placebit, placebunt, placendum, placens, placent, placentem, placentes, placentia, placeret, placet, placetur, placita, placitam, placito, placitos, placitum, placorem, rata, sedatus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Bible Trace: Settled

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 8, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPro tou orh edrasqhnai pro de pantwn bounwn genna me
Latin405VulgateNecdum montes gravi mole constiterant ante colles ego parturiebar
Middle English1395WyclifNe yit the mounteynes in heuy mykilnesse hadden ben maad; er the hillis I was born.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBefore the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Victorian English1833WebsterBefore the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.
Basic English1964OgdenBefore the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

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

Top     

Matched Bible Translations: Settled

LanguageProverbs Chapter 8, Verse 25
CebuanoSa wala pa mapahimutang ang mga bukid, Sa wala pa ang kabungturan ako nahimugso na;
CroatianRodih se prije nego su utemeljene gore, prije brežuljaka.
Danishførend Bjergene sænkedes, før Højene fødtes jeg,
DutchAleer de bergen ingevest waren, voor de heuvelen was Ik geboren.
FinnishEnnenkuin vuoret upotettiin paikoilleen, ennen kukkuloita, synnyin minä,
FrenchAvant que les montagnes soient affermies, Avant que les collines existent, je fus enfantée;
GermanEhe denn die Berge eingesenkt waren, vor den Hügeln war ich geboren,
HungarianMinekelõtte a hegyek leülepedtek volna, a halmoknak elõtte születtem.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAku lahir sebelum gunung-gunung ditegakkan, sebelum bukit-bukit didirikan,
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDahulu dari pada segala gunung diperalaskan dan dahulu dari pada segala bukitpun aku telah jadi.
Italianprima che fossero fissate le basi dei monti, prima delle colline, io sono stata generata.
MaoriNo mua atu i te whakaunga o nga maunga, no mua i nga pukepuke toku whanautanga:
NorwegianFør fjellene blev senket ned, før haugene blev til, blev jeg født,
PortugueseAntes que os montes fossem firmados, antes dos outeiros eu nasci,   
Rumanianam fost nqscutq knainte de kntqrirea munyilor, knainte de a fi dealurile,
Russianс ТП"ЙМБУШ ТЕЦ"Е, ОЕЦЕМЙ ЧП"ТХЦЕОЩ 'ЩМЙ ЗПТЩ, ТЕЦ"Е ИПМНПЧ,
SpanishNací antes que los montes fuesen asentados, antes que las colinas.
SwedishFörrän bergens grund var lagd, förrän höjderna funnos, blev jag född,

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

Top     

Derivations & Misspellings: Settled

Derivations

Words ending with "settled": resettled, unsettled. (additional references)

Words containing "settled": unsettledness, unsettlednesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Settled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kettled, sattle, seetle, setled, Setlik, Setted, settel, settje, settlee, stettle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Rhyming with "Settled"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "settled" (pronounced se"tuld)
6s e" t u l dresettled, unsettled.
5-e" t u l dnettled.
4-t u l dbattled, belittled, bottled, chortled, disgruntled, dismantled, embattled, entitled, mottled, rattled, scuttled, shuttled, startled, subtitled, tattled, throttled, titled, totaled, totalled, whittled.
3-u l daddled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disheveled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tickled, tinkled, toggled, toppled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Top     

Anagrams: Settled

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-l-s-t-t"

-1 letter: detest, eldest, letted, settle, tested.

-2 letters: deets, deles, delts, leets, sleet, steed, steel, stele, teels, teles.

-3 letters: dees, deet, dele, dels, delt, eels, elds, else, lees, leet, lest, lets, seed, seel, sett, sled, stet, teds, teed, teel, tees, tele, tels, test, tets.

-4 letters: dee, del, eds, eel, eld, els, led, lee, let, see, sel.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-l-s-t-t"
 

+2 letters: dotterels, resettled, unsettled.

 

+3 letters: detestable, detestably, disentitle, splattered, spluttered, stalemated, stilettoed, telecasted.

 

+4 letters: adulterates, castellated, debilitates, decathletes, dictyostele, dilettantes, disentitled, disentitles, kettledrums, laundrettes, letterheads, outwrestled, plentitudes, scutellated, silhouetted, stiltedness, sulfuretted, tessellated, theodolites, turtledoves, turtleheads.

 

+5 letters: battlefields, constellated, delectations, destructible, detrimentals, dictyosteles, dilatometers, epiglottides, expostulated, gesticulated, interestedly, launderettes, multistemmed, pentlandites, restimulated, restrictedly, retranslated, titleholders.

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

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Settled


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 74 74 6C 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .    -    -    .-..    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)