settle

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɛtl̩/

動詞

他動詞 口語 自動詞 イギリス英語 方言 前置詞「in」共起 通常 句動詞（down） 前置詞句 廃用

to move to a new environment and become accustomed to it

日本語の意味

新しい環境に移り、そこに慣れる / 定住する / 落ち着く / 新しい場所になじむ

英語の意味

to move to a new environment and become accustomed to it

ラオ語（ラオス語）

ຍ້າຍໄປຢູ່ບ່ອນໃໝ່ແລ້ວຄຸ້ນເຄີຍ / ປັບຕົວເຂົ້າກັບສະພາບແວດລ້ອມໃໝ່

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The committee met to settle the disputed boundary before construction began.

委員会は建設が始まる前に争われていた境界線を確定するために会合した。

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意味（1）

(transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).

His fears were settled

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意味（2）

(transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.

to settle a quarrel

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意味（3）

(transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.

The coffee was only surface wet and looked worse than it actually was and as he returned to the Reception Desk to settle his account and give back his room key, he was met again by the young man who was still wearing his rucksack.

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意味（4）

(transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).

to settle a bill

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意味（5）

(intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.

He has settled with his creditors.

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意味（6）

(intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.

Of course, certainty is a value in all systems of conflict of laws—including those of the United States. Certainty for litigants decreases litigation and transaction costs and increases the chances that cases will settle.

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意味（7）

(transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.

She twisted out from under the claim of his palm to settle her feet on the floor.

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意味（8）

(transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).

God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake, / And Tenedos we reach'd; …

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意味（9）

(Britain, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.

意味（10）

to kill.

I poured a charge of powder over the nipple so as not tu miss goin' off if possible. Click! went the match,—up jumped the flock, or tried tu. As they bunched up, Peggy blazed intu 'em, settlin’ how many I didn't know, …

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意味（11）

(transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.

clear weather settles the roads

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意味（12）

(intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.

意味（13）

(intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.

The roads settled late in the spring.

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意味（14）

(transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.

And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed.

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意味（15）

(transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.

Now thirteen Years of Age were ſwiftly run, / When the fond Father thought the time drew on / Of ſettling in the World his only Son.

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意味（16）

(transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).

意味（17）

(intransitive) To become married, or a householder.

As People marry now, and ſettle; / Fierce Love abates his uſual Mettle: …

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意味（18）

(intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.

He is settled in the profession of law at Rochester, New York.

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意味（19）

(intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.

But then the Wind came about, and ſetled in the West for many dayes, ſo as we could make little or no way, and were ſometimes in purpoſe to turne backe.

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意味（20）

(intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)

意味（21）

(transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).

the French first settled Canada

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意味（22）

(transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).

Rome began to settle displaced or disenfranchised citizens, veterans, and allies in colonies beyond Italy.

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意味（23）

(transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.

to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee

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意味（24）

(transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).

to settle the sediment out of the water

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意味（25）

(transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.

to settle the chips in the potato chip bag by shaking it

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意味（26）

(intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.

意味（27）

(intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.

Sometimes a tub will settle at one corner, causing the rim to slope.

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意味（28）

(intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.

The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.

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意味（29）

(intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)

wine settles by standing

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意味（30）

(intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.

He sighs with most success that settles well.

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意味（31）

(transitive, intransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.

Some mares do not show signs of being in heat even when tried (teased) regularly with a stallion, but they often can be settled either by natural or artificial service, provided the approximate time of ovulation is determined and they are not suffering from either a diseased or abnormal condition of the reproductive system.

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settles （ present singular third-person ）

settling （ participle present ）

settled （ participle past ）

settled （ past ）