adjective
1. established or decided beyond dispute or doubt (Freq. 2)
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with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night
• Ant: ↑unsettled
• Similar to:
↑accomplished, ↑effected, ↑established, ↑appointed, ↑decreed, ↑ordained, ↑prescribed, ↑determined, ↑dictated, ↑set, ↑deterministic, ↑firm, ↑preconcerted
2. established in a desired position or place; not moving about (Freq. 1)
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nomads...absorbed among the settled people
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settled areas
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I don't feel entirely settled here
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the advent of settled civilization
• Ant: ↑unsettled
• Similar to:
3. inhabited by colonists (Freq. 1)
• Similar to: ↑inhabited
4. not changeable
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a period of settled weather
• Similar to: ↑calm
Useful english dictionary. 2012.