settle

  • 31settle — Synonyms and related words: KO, abalienate, abide, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affirm, afford proof of, agree on, agree with, alien, alienate, alight, alight upon, allay, amortize, anchor, answer,… …

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  • 32settle on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms settle on : present tense I/you/we/they settle on he/she/it settles on present participle settling on past tense settled on past participle settled on 1) settle on someone/something to make a decision between… …

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  • 33Settle — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from a place so called in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Settle was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Setel ; later in the Pudsay Deeds, circa 1200, as Setel ; and… …

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  • 34settle up — UK US settle up Phrasal Verb with settle({{}}/ˈsetl/ verb ► to pay money that you owe: »We can offer a reduction to customers who settle up by the end of the month. settle up with sb »Our first task is to settle up with key creditors …

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  • 35settle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. define, fix, confirm, appoint; agree upon; resolve, determine, decide, conclude; tranquilize, calm; reconcile, adjust, compose; discharge, square, pay, set at rest; place, establish; people, colonize …

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  • 36settle — 01. They originally came to San Francisco from Hong Kong, but ended up [settling] in Pasadena. 02. They avoided going to court by reaching a [settlement] at the last minute. 03. The first European [settlers] to the West Coast came here after the… …

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  • 37settle up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms settle up : present tense I/you/we/they settle up he/she/it settles up present participle settling up past tense settled up past participle settled up 1) to pay all of an amount of money that you owe to a… …

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  • 38settle — {{11}}settle (n.) long bench, O.E. setl a seat, position, abode, related to sittan to sit, from P.Gmc. *setla (Cf. M.L.G., M.Du. setel, Du. zetel, Ger. Sessel, Goth. sitls), from PIE *sedla (Cf. L. sella seat, chair, O.C.S …

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  • 39settle — settle1 verb 1》 resolve or reach an agreement or decision about (an argument or problem).     ↘(settle for) accept or agree to (something less than satisfactory). 2》 (often settle down) adopt a more steady or secure style of life, especially in a …

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  • 40settle — verb 1) they settled the dispute Syn: resolve, sort out, solve, clear up, end, fix, work out, iron out, straighten out, set right, rectify, remedy, reconcile; informal patch up Ant: prolong …

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