Antonyms for settling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : set-ling, -l-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛt lɪŋ, -l ɪŋ

Definition of settling

Origin : "come to rest," Old English setlan "cause to sit, place, put," from setl "a seat" (see settle (n.)). Related: Settling. Cf. German siedeln "to settle, colonize."
From c.1300 of birds, etc., "to alight." From early 14c. as "sink down, descend; cave in." Early 15c. in reference to suspended particles in a liquid. Sense of "establish a permanent residence" first recorded 1620s; that of "decide" is 1620s. Meaning "secure title to by deed" is from 1660s.
Meaning "reconcile" (a quarrel, differences, etc.) perhaps is influenced by Middle English sahtlen "to reconcile," from Old English saht "reconciliation," from Old Norse satt "reconciliation." To settle down "become content" is from 1853; transitive sense from 1520s; as what married couples do in establishing domesticity, from 1718. To settle for "content oneself with" is from 1943.

verb straighten out, resolve
verb calm, relieve
verb come to rest; fall
verb make one's home

Example sentences :

The settling of this region well deserves a place in history.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone » by John Filson

This has not been his fault but his misfortune—the settling of an estate, it may be, or the death of a master.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Her act of abandonment was really an arrangement for settling her son permanently in life.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

She had disappeared, and I supposed she was just settling under water.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The solicitor was by no means pleased with this way of settling the matter.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

All my family at Homburg, settling down tranquilly in the enemy's country.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

The next morning, just as we were all settling to work, my father entered the school.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Well, now the thing had to be done again—for the settling of Marcia.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

There were projects of giving up India and settling at home.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The silent gentlemen, settling their mustachios, followed in the rear.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Synonyms for settling

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