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To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- It took John a while to settle down after the phone call.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I have not yet settled down in my new apartment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: settle, root, take root, steady down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stabilize, stabilise
Narrower terms: roost
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, cool it
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dust settled on the roofs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: settle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Narrower terms: sediment
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
هَدَأَ
(hadaʔa)
— to become quiet
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Chinese Mandarin:
冷靜下來 /冷静下来
(lěngjìng xiàlai)
— to become quiet
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Finnish:
rauhoittua
— to become quiet
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Finnish:
asettua
— to become quiet
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Galician:
acougar
— to become quiet
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Galician:
apoudigar
— to become quiet
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Hungarian:
lenyugszik
— to become quiet
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Hungarian:
megnyugszik
— to become quiet
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Ingrian:
aattua
— to become quiet
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Italian:
calmarsi
— to become quiet
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Italian:
placarsi
— to become quiet
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Japanese:
落ち着く
(ochitsuku)
— to become quiet
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Polish:
uspokajać się
— to become quiet
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Polish:
uspakajać się
— to become quiet
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Polish:
uspokoić się
— to become quiet
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Portuguese:
acalmar-se
— to become quiet
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Romanian:
se liniști
— to become quiet
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Russian:
успоко́иться
(uspokóitʹsja)
— to become quiet
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Spanish:
calmarse
— to become quiet
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Ottoman Turkish:
دولنمك
(dölenmek)
— to become quiet
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Ottoman Turkish:
ساكنلنمك
(sakinlenmek)
— to become quiet
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Ukrainian:
заспоко́їтися
(zaspokójitysja)
— to become quiet
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Arabic:
اِسْتَقَرَّ
(istaqarra)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Chinese Mandarin:
定居
(dìngjū)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Czech:
usadit se
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Finnish:
asettua aloilleen
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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French:
s'installer
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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German:
sich niederlassen
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Greek:
τακτοποιούμαι
(taktopoioúmai)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Greek:
νοικοκυρεύομαι
(noikokyrévomai)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Hungarian:
letelepedik
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Italian:
accasarsi
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Italian:
sistemarsi
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Japanese:
身を固める
(mi wo katameru)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Māori:
rarau
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Polish:
ustatkowywać
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Polish:
ustatkować
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Russian:
остепени́ться
(ostepenítʹsja)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Slovak:
usadiť sa
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
establecerse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
instalarse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
sentar cabeza
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
sentar la cabeza
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
echar raíces
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
arraigar
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
arraigarse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
enraizar
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
enraizarse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
radicar
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
radicarse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
avecindarse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Spanish:
avecinarse
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Ukrainian:
осели́тися
(oselýtysja)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Ukrainian:
облаштува́тися
(oblaštuvátysja)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Urdu:
بسنا
(basnā)
— to establish a settled lifestyle
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Finnish:
asettua taloksi
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Finnish:
kotiutua
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Italian:
ambientarsi
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Polish:
zadomawiać się
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Polish:
zadomowić się
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Russian:
привы́кнуть
(privýknutʹ)
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Russian:
адапти́роваться
(adaptírovatʹsja)
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Russian:
обустро́иться
(obustróitʹsja)
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Ukrainian:
зви́кнути
(zvýknuty)
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
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Ukrainian:
адаптува́тися
(adaptuvátysja)
— to get comfortable with new circumstances
