settle down en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
Presently their mother got them settled down to sleep.
2010, Nevil Shute, Pied Piper, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 38:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:In terms of passenger route mileage, the UK railway of early 1970 had settled down to close to the present level, although there was still some pruning to do.
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:It took John a while to settle down after the phone call.
- (intransitive) To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.
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(intransitive) To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances.
I have not yet settled down in my new apartment.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| settles down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| settling down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| settled down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| settled down | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (65)
ru привы́кнуть (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · ota ساكنلنمك (to become quiet) · sk usadiť sa (to establish a settled lifestyle) · it sistemarsi (to establish a settled lifestyle) · hu letelepedik (to establish a settled lifestyle) · cs usadit se (to establish a settled lifestyle) · pt acalmar-se (to become quiet) · ru остепени́ться (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es sentar la cabeza (to establish a settled lifestyle) · gl apoudigar (to become quiet) · es arraigarse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · pl zadomawiać się (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · hu lenyugszik (to become quiet) · uk осели́тися (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ru обустро́иться (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · es radicarse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ja 落ち着く (to become quiet) · es avecindarse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · uk зви́кнути (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · fi asettua taloksi (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · pl uspokoić się (to become quiet) · el νοικοκυρεύομαι (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ar هَدَأَ (to become quiet) · it placarsi (to become quiet) · fi kotiutua (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · el τακτοποιούμαι (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es avecinarse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ru успоко́иться (to become quiet) · fi rauhoittua (to become quiet) · hu megnyugszik (to become quiet) · fr s'installer (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es enraizar (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es instalarse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · gl acougar (to become quiet) · ur بسنا (to establish a settled lifestyle) · it calmarsi (to become quiet) · es echar raíces (to establish a settled lifestyle) · izh aattua (to become quiet) · es arraigar (to establish a settled lifestyle) · it accasarsi (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es enraizarse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es radicar (to establish a settled lifestyle) · pl zadomowić się (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · cmn 冷靜下來 /冷静下来 (to become quiet) · pl ustatkowywać (to establish a settled lifestyle) · uk облаштува́тися (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ota دولنمك (to become quiet) · es calmarse (to become quiet) · pl uspakajać się (to become quiet) · uk заспоко́їтися (to become quiet) · pl ustatkować (to establish a settled lifestyle) · uk адаптува́тися (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · es sentar cabeza (to establish a settled lifestyle) · mi rarau (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ar اِسْتَقَرَّ (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ja 身を固める (to establish a settled lifestyle) · pl uspokajać się (to become quiet) · ro se liniști (to become quiet) · de sich niederlassen (to establish a settled lifestyle) · es establecerse (to establish a settled lifestyle) · ru адапти́роваться (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · it ambientarsi (to get comfortable with new circumstances) · fi asettua (to become quiet) · cmn 定居 (to establish a settled lifestyle) · fi asettua aloilleen (to establish a settled lifestyle)