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[ adjective ] established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

Examples

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

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Mark easily looked years older than himself , settled , his world comfortably categorized .

2
[ adjective ] inhabited by colonists

Synonyms

colonized colonised

Related terms

inhabited

3
[ adjective ] established in a desired position or place; not moving about

Examples

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

4
[ adjective ] inhabited by colonists

Synonyms

colonized

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

The long settled areas of states like Virginia and South_Carolina developed the ante-bellum culture to its richest flowering , and there the memory is more precious , and the consciousness of loss the greater .

Related terms

inhabited

5
[ adjective ] clearly defined

Synonyms

formed defined

Examples

"I have no formed opinion about the chances of success"

Related terms

definite

6
[ adjective ] not changeable

Examples

"a period of settled weather"

Related terms

calm

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