verb · Actions

settle

Picture of the word settle for children
🔒 The real picture unlocks in the dictionary app.

The meaning (definition) of the word settle

to make a home in a new place and stay there

The word settle used in a sentence

“The family decided to settle by a river”

Words that mean the same as settle (synonyms)

stay

Words that mean the opposite of settle (antonyms)

leavewander

How the word settle is said around the world

Frenchs'installer (san-stah-LAY)
Spanishestablecerse (ehs-tah-bleh-THER-seh)
Mandarin定居 (deeng jyoo)
Hindiबसना (BUS-nah)
Arabicيَسْتَقِرُّ (yas-ta-KIR-roo)
Russianпоселиться (puh-see-LEET-suh)
Portuguese (EU)instalar-se (een-shtuh-LAHR-suh)
Portuguese (BR)se estabelecer (see ees-tah-beh-leh-SEHR)
Japaneseすみつく (suu-mee-TSUU-kuu)
Germansich niederlassen (zikh NEE-der-lahs-en)
Urduبسنا (bas-NAH)
Punjabiਵੱਸਣਾ (VUS-suh-naa)
Korean자리 잡다 (JAH-ree jahp-dah)
Hebrewלְהִתְיַשֵּׁב (le-heet-yah-SHEV)
Greekεγκαθίσταμαι (eng-ga-THEE-sta-meh)
Dutchzich vestigen (zikh VES-tuh-khuhn)
Tagalogmanirahan (mah-nee-RAH-hahn)
Vietnameseđịnh cư (deeng KOO)
Turkishyerleşmek (yer-LESH-mek)
Persianساکن شدن (sah-KEN sho-DAN)
Polishosiedlić się (oh-SHED-leetch sheh)
Ukrainianоселитися (o-se-LY-ty-sya)
Bengaliবসতি গড়া (BO-sho-ti GO-ra)
Swedishbosätta sig (BOO-set-tah say)
Italianstabilirsi (stah-bee-LEER-see)

Learn settle with pictures, sound and writing practice

Hear settle spoken aloud, trace how it is written, and explore it in 25 languages in the Little Wordsmiths dictionary.

Open the full dictionary

Little Wordsmiths is a picture-first children's dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia in 25 languages.
Home · Dictionary · Sign in · Sign up