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settled

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɛtl̩d/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It took me a while to feel settled after I moved to this big city.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of settle

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

established in a desired position or place; not moving about

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • nomads...absorbed among the settled people
  • settled areas
  • I don't feel entirely settled here
  • the advent of settled civilization

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unsettled

4

adjective

Meaning 4

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unsettled

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

not changeable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a period of settled weather

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

inhabited by colonists

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: colonized, colonised

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Real reading context

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