settle in en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To get comfortable or established, as in a new place.
It took me several months to settle in after the move to New York.
Changing trains at Hereford, I catch the West Midlands Class 170 that is waiting for me at Platform 1. Plonking myself in a table bay, I settle in to enjoy the trip on what is another quiet train - well, until Ledbury, where a couple of dozen people are waiting.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:I had just sat down in my favorite easy chair and settled in when the phone rang.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, in.
She intended to settle in the practice of law.
The colonists settled in Montreal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| settled in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| settled in | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| settling in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| settles in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (9)
fi asettua (to become established) · it accomodarsi (to become established) · it assestarsi (to become established) · es asentarse (to become established) · es domiciliarse (to become established) · it ambientarsi (to become established) · es avecindarse (to become established) · es afincarse (to become established) · es aposentarse (to become established)