settled

[ set-ld ]

/ ˈsɛt ld /

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adjective

fixed or established; unlikely to change: Like most of us, he has settled habits and opinions.

agreed upon; decided: the rules of settled grammatical usage.

having inhabitants or settlers:settled regions of the country.

having a permanent residence; not wandering:In time the Israelites became a settled people.

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Origin of settled

First recorded in 1550–60; settle¹ + -ed²

synonym study for settled

1. See staid.

Words nearby settled

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How to use settled in a sentence

Well, following that logic, the Justices might look around and consider the public has been consistent in seeing Roe as a settled matter.
Waning Trust in the Supreme Court and a Divided Public on Abortion Converge|Philip Elliott|October 12, 2021|Time
It’s settled law in the nation and you are not taking that right away from us, not now not ever.
‘Mind your own uterus’|Brody Levesque|October 5, 2021|Washington Blade
If you’re navigating a site move, I hope you feel more settled than I do with my house move, right now.
The keys to ranking well on YouTube and your thoughts on the new Ads policies; Monday’s daily brief|Carolyn Lyden|July 26, 2021|Search Engine Land
I very much doubt that most scientists in the UK have a settled view on whether pub gardens or universities campuses should be closed or not.
Coronavirus: Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease? The Most Divisive Question Of 2020|LGBTQ-Editor|October 12, 2020|No Straight News

He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, Shin settled in Hollywood.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His latest target has been Hajji Hassan, a Baluch drug lord who fled Iran and settled in Turbat in 2000.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a producer on The Gambler, he read a bunch of women for the female lead, and settled on Larson.
Brie Larson’s Hollywood Transformation|Marlow Stern|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I just happen to believe it was settled in a different way than Beck does.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
But hitherto, before these new ideas began to spread in our community, the mass of men and women definitely settled down.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Thus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The next year he sailed from England with two hundred persons and settled in his new possessions.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Old feuds were settled in the old way and six inches of steel were more potent than the longest Order in Council.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy