Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

settled

/ˈsɛtl̩d/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
set-tled
IPA
/ˈsɛtl̩d/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.

adj

Not of Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller ethnicity; not of an itinerant ethnic group.

British usage

verb

simple past and past participle of settle

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

more settled (comparative) most settled (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonsettled settledly settledness

Phrases

settled district well-settled

Synonyms

colonized colonised

Rhymes With

unsettled resettled nettled

Questions

How do you pronounce settled?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛtl̩d/.
What does settled mean?
Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.

How to pronounce settled

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