{
    "term": "settle",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "settle",
            "heSheIt": "settles"
        },
        "pastSimple": "settled",
        "pastParticiple": "settled",
        "ingForm": "settling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put an end to an argument or a disagreement",
            "sensetop": "settle somethingsettle with somebody (for something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **settle a dispute/a matter/an issue**",
                    "contextForm": "settle something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **settle a case/lawsuit/claim**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to settle an argument/a disagreement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's time you **settled your differences** with your father."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want this thing settled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is pressure on the unions to settle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has agreed to **settle out of court** *(= come to an agreement without going to court)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many cases are settled through negotiation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The corporation later settled with the singer for $1.5 million.",
                    "contextForm": "settle with somebody (for something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hopes of settling the conflict peacefully are fading."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Talks will be held in an attempt to settle the dispute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This argument must be settled once and for all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The matter has not yet been finally settled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm delighted that all this has been settled amicably."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a matter that can only be settled by a family court."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After six months the company finally settled with the unions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["amicably", "peacefully", "eventually"],
                "verb + settle": ["attempt to", "try to", "agree to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "on", "with"],
                "phrases": ["an attempt to settle something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to decide or arrange something finally",
            "sensetop": "settle somethingit is settled that…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**It's** all **settled**—we're leaving on the nine o'clock plane.",
                    "contextForm": "settle something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Good, that's settled, then."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bob will be there? **That settles it**. I'm not coming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had to settle his affairs *(= arrange all his personal business)* in Paris before he could return home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's been settled that we leave on the nine o'clock plane.",
                    "contextForm": "it is settled that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the loose ends should be settled within 48 hours."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a place your permanent home",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She settled in Vienna after her father's death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is an American who settled here a couple of years ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple afterwards settled near Bournemouth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has now settled permanently in London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He married and settled in a seaside cottage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His parents eventually settled in Paris."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["permanently", "eventually", "finally"],
                "verb + settle": ["decide to", "intend to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be densely settled",
                    "be sparsely settled",
                    "be ready to settle down"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make your permanent home in a country or an area as colonists",
            "sensetop": "settle somethingsettle + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century.",
                    "contextForm": "settle something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fertile area that was densely settled in early times"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They settled on undeveloped land along the Mississippi.",
                    "contextForm": "settle + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the worst drought since the British settled in Australia in 1788."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Very few Maori were living in the area when the first Europeans settled there."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["permanently", "eventually", "finally"],
                "verb + settle": ["decide to", "intend to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be densely settled",
                    "be sparsely settled",
                    "be ready to settle down"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to make yourself or somebody else comfortable in a new position",
            "sensetop": "settle (back) (+ adv./prep.)settle somebody/yourself (+ adv./prep.)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ellie settled back in her seat.",
                    "contextForm": "settle (back) (+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They prepared to settle in for the night *(= make themselves comfortable for an evening at home)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He settled himself comfortably in his usual chair.",
                    "contextForm": "settle somebody/yourself (+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["comfortably", "happily", "peacefully"],
                "verb + settle": ["be unable to", "cannot", "allow somebody to"],
                "phrases": ["settle down to do something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to put something carefully in a position so that it does not move",
            "sensetop": "settle something + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She settled the blanket around her knees."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to become or make somebody/something become calm or relaxed",
            "sensetop": "settle somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The baby wouldn't settle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took a pill to help settle my nerves.",
                    "contextForm": "settle somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This should settle your stomach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was anxious and couldn't settle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unable to settle, she trailed around the house all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She kept fussing around, refusing to let him settle."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["comfortably", "happily", "peacefully"],
                "verb + settle": ["be unable to", "cannot", "allow somebody to"],
                "phrases": ["settle down to do something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to fall from above and come to rest on something; to stay for some time on something",
            "sensetop": "settle (on/over something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Dust had settled on everything."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two birds settled on the fence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think the snow will settle *(= remain on the ground without melting)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His gaze settled on her face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Slowly dusk began to settle."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to sink slowly down; to make something do this",
            "sensetop": "settle (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The contents of the package may have settled in transit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't drink it yet. Let the grounds settle."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to pay the money that you owe",
            "sensetop": "settle somethingsettle (up) (with somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please settle your bill before leaving the hotel.",
                    "contextForm": "settle something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They used the last of the money to settle their debts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me settle with you for the meal.",
                    "contextForm": "settle (up) (with somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll pay now—we can settle up later."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to wait for a situation to become clear or certain",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He waited for the dust to settle after the election before making any new decisions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hurt or punish somebody who has harmed or cheated you in the past",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An embittered Charlotte is determined to settle accounts with Elizabeth."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetl/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settle__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetlz/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settles__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetld/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetl/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settle__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetlz/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settles__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetld/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsetlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/settle/settling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English setlan ‘to seat, place’, from the noun settle."
}