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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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