What part of speech is settled?

Settled can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. settled is a verb, past participle of settle (infinitive).
  • 2. settled is a verb, past simple of settle (infinitive).
  • 3. settled is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more settled
    most settled
  • Positive: settled 
  • Comparative: more settled
  • Superlative: most settled

What does settled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

settled - established or decided beyond dispute or doubt; "with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night"
settled - established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization"
settled - not changeable; "a period of settled weather"
settled - inhabited by colonists

Verb

settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
settle - settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"
settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement
settle - form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
settle - end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled"
settle - cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
settle - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
settle - accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price"
settle - become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled"
settle - come to rest
settle - settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"
settle - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"
settle - get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"
settle - arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart"
settle - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
settle - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
settle - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
settle - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
settle - sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

Examples of settled

#   Sentence  
1. adj. With details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night.
2. adj. Nomads...absorbed among the settled people.
3. adj. Settled areas.
4. adj. I don't feel entirely settled here.
5. adj. The advent of settled civilization.
6. adj. A period of settled weather.
7. adj. Sara, trading is still not settled.
8. adj. Unlike most mustelids, who lead a settled lifestyle, wolverines constantly wander in search of prey on their individual plots of land occupying up to 1500-2000 square kilometers.
9. adj. Since the tragedy, Mr. Holmes, there have come to my ears several incidents which are hard to reconcile with the settled order of Nature.
10. adj. There, in a temple built of ancient stone / I worship: "Grant, Thymbrean lord divine, / a home, a settled city of our own, / walls to the weary, and a lasting line, / to Troy another Pergamus. Incline / and harken. Save these Dardans sore-distrest, / the remnant of Achilles' wrath. Some sign / vouchsafe us, whom to follow? where to rest? / Steal into Trojan hearts, and make thy power confessed."
11. adj. The forecast for the coming week gives hope of some settled summer weather.
12. verb A recent report by a journalist from Port Blair, in the Andamans, quoted an unnamed official saying that foreigners from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have permanently settled in the islands, using fake Indian ration cards, while citizens of Thailand, China, Indonesia and Malaysia have migrated temporarily to plunder the natural resources and leave.
13. verb Do you want 6/1/01 and forward or do you want to include all of May since they have not been settled?
14. verb Has a location, Theirs or TW land/ROW, been settled and when is the required in-service date?
15. verb It settled anyway, a long time ago.
16. verb When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages.
17. verb Once he has properly settled down, got use to the new smells and noises he will be fine.
18. verb San Francisco was settled in the 19th and 20th century by mainly European immigrants except for some Asian workers who were manual laborers.
19. verb I put the coffee thing in hot water and settled for a cup of weak coffee.
20. verb Fear crept into my heart and settled there.
21. verb I am glad that the matter was settled amicably.
22. verb The countries concerned settled the dispute by peaceful means.
23. verb Music has settled her nerves.
24. verb We moved into this house last month, but we still haven't settled down.
25. verb The weather has settled at last.
26. verb Should you have settled the account since this mail was written, please ignore our reminder.
Sentence  
adj.
With details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night.
Nomads...absorbed among the settled people.
Settled areas.
I don't feel entirely settled here.
The advent of settled civilization.
A period of settled weather.
Sara, trading is still not settled.
Unlike most mustelids, who lead a settled lifestyle, wolverines constantly wander in search of prey on their individual plots of land occupying up to 1500-2000 square kilometers.
Since the tragedy, Mr. Holmes, there have come to my ears several incidents which are hard to reconcile with the settled order of Nature.
There, in a temple built of ancient stone / I worship: "Grant, Thymbrean lord divine, / a home, a settled city of our own, / walls to the weary, and a lasting line, / to Troy another Pergamus. Incline / and harken. Save these Dardans sore-distrest, / the remnant of Achilles' wrath. Some sign / vouchsafe us, whom to follow? where to rest? / Steal into Trojan hearts, and make thy power confessed."
The forecast for the coming week gives hope of some settled summer weather.
verb
A recent report by a journalist from Port Blair, in the Andamans, quoted an unnamed official saying that foreigners from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have permanently settled in the islands, using fake Indian ration cards, while citizens of Thailand, China, Indonesia and Malaysia have migrated temporarily to plunder the natural resources and leave.
Do you want 6/1/01 and forward or do you want to include all of May since they have not been settled?
Has a location, Theirs or TW land/ROW, been settled and when is the required in-service date?
It settled anyway, a long time ago.
When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages.
Once he has properly settled down, got use to the new smells and noises he will be fine.
San Francisco was settled in the 19th and 20th century by mainly European immigrants except for some Asian workers who were manual laborers.
I put the coffee thing in hot water and settled for a cup of weak coffee.
Fear crept into my heart and settled there.
I am glad that the matter was settled amicably.
The countries concerned settled the dispute by peaceful means.
Music has settled her nerves.
We moved into this house last month, but we still haven't settled down.
The weather has settled at last.
Should you have settled the account since this mail was written, please ignore our reminder.

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