settledadjective
uk/ˈset.əld/us/ˈset̬.əld/settled adjective (COMFORTABLE)
[ after verb ] If you feel settled in a job, school, etc., you have become familiar with it and are comfortable and happy there:
Now that the children are settled at school, we don't really want to move again.
Although I worked there for over a year, I never really felt settled.
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Adapting and attuning to something
- accustom yourself to sth
- accustomed
- adapt
- adaptable
- as (if) to the manner born idiom
- bearing
- get into the swing of it/things idiom
- get into your stride idiom
- habituated
- hang
- hardened
- plug
- plug into sth
- second nature
- settle
- settle down
- settle in
- settle sb in
- swing
- used
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settled adjective (HOME)
living somewhere, especially permanently:
After many years of travelling around, we're now enjoying a more settled life.
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Living or sleeping somewhere
- abide
- domiciled
- dwell
- exist
- habitable
- inhospitable
- live in
- live in sin idiom
- live out
- live-in
- lodge
- populate
- residence
- residency
- resident
- room
- root
- settle
- settle down
- squat
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settled adjective (QUIET)
Settled weather is calm and unlikely to change:
It looks as if we are in for a settled spell this week.
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Describing good weather
- anticyclone
- be set fair idiom
- calm
- clemency
- clement
- cloudless
- dry
- fair
- fine
- glorious
- mild
- set
- summery
- sun shower
- sun-drenched
- sun-kissed
- sunny
- temperate