Definition: 1. A long wooden bench with a back. 2. Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground. 3. Bring to an end; settle conclusively. 4. Settle conclusively; come to terms. 5. Take up residence and become established. 6. Come to terms.
Use 'settle' in a sentence:
1. I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
2. Let me settle with you for the meal.
3. When are you going to get married and settle down?
4. It's all settled ─ we're leaving on the nine o'clock plane.
5. Tomorrow we'll settle matters.
6. I'll pay now ─ we can settle up later.
7. Why don't you settle your differences and be friends again?
8. I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her.
9. He took a long time to settle in to big-time football.
10. "We want to settle all matters at the negotiating table," he said.
11. I'll pay now—we can settle up later.
12. They decided to drop the charges against the newspaper and settle out of court.
13. What you do for a living is critical to where you settle and how you live – and the converse is also true.
14. The rival guerrilla groups had agreed to stop fighting and settle their differences peaceably.
15. It's time to settle this mano-a-mano.
16. We have some unfinished business to settle.
17. She had decided to settle permanently in France.
18. He found it hard to settle to his work.
19. They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.
20. One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
21. Children would settle disputes by trading punches or insults in the schoolyard.
22. A conciliation service helps to settle disputes between employers and workers.
23. Attempts are being made to settle the dispute by diplomatic means.
24. Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peacefully.
25. Settling the dispute required great tact and diplomacy.
26. The matter was settled beyond dispute by the court judgment.
27. He had to settle his affairs in Paris before he could return home.
28. This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century.
29. I took a pill to help settle my nerves.
30. The class settled down and she began the lesson.
31. It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson.
32. The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim.
33. They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.
34. In the end they had to settle for a draw.
35. This should settle your stomach.
36. We need to settle this once and for all.
37. I don't think the snow will settle.
38. The contents of the package may have settled in transit.
39. Two birds settled on the fence.
40. The matter was not finally settled until later.
41. It's time you settled your differences with your father.
42. They finally settled down to a discussion of the main issues.
43. Have you settled on a name for the baby yet?
44. The baby wouldn't settle.
45. The man let his eyes settle upon Blume's face.
46. I'll have to settle up what I owe for the phone.
47. There is pressure on the unions to settle.
48. It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war.
49. The management have made no move to settle the strike.
