"settle down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-settle down.wav Forms: settles down [present, singular, third-person], settling down [participle, present], settled down [participle, past], settled down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} settle down (third-person singular simple present settles down, present participle settling down, simple past and past participle settled down)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to become quiet): هَدَأَ (hadaʔa) (Arabic), 冷靜下來 (Chinese Mandarin), 冷静下来 (lěngjìng xiàlai) (Chinese Mandarin), rauhoittua (Finnish), asettua (Finnish), acougar (Galician), apoudigar (Galician), lenyugszik (Hungarian), megnyugszik (Hungarian), aattua (Ingrian), calmarsi (Italian), placarsi (Italian), 落ち着く (ochitsuku) (Japanese), دولنمك (dölenmek) (Ottoman Turkish), ساكنلنمك (sakinlenmek) (Ottoman Turkish), uspokajać się [imperfective] (Polish), uspakajać się [imperfective, proscribed] (Polish), uspokoić się [perfective] (Polish), acalmar-se (Portuguese), se liniști (Romanian), успоко́иться (uspokóitʹsja) (Russian), calmarse (Spanish), заспоко́їтися (zaspokójitysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-settle_down-en-verb-qAtOpOIw Disambiguation of 'to become quiet': 96 2 2
  2. (intransitive) To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying. Tags: intransitive Translations (to establish a settled lifestyle): اِسْتَقَرَّ (istaqarra) (Arabic), 定居 (dìngjū) (Chinese Mandarin), usadit se (Czech), asettua aloilleen (Finnish), s’installer (French), τακτοποιούμαι (taktopoioúmai) (Greek), νοικοκυρεύομαι (noikokyrévomai) (Greek), letelepedik (Hungarian), accasarsi (Italian), sistemarsi (Italian), 身を固める (mi wo katameru) (Japanese), rarau (Maori), ustatkowywać [imperfective] (Polish), ustatkować [perfective] (Polish), остепени́ться (ostepenítʹsja) (Russian), usadiť sa (Slovak), establecerse (Spanish), instalarse (Spanish), sentar cabeza (Spanish), осели́тися (oselýtysja) (Ukrainian), облаштува́тися (oblaštuvátysja) (Ukrainian), بسنا (basnā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-settle_down-en-verb-N8HvS6q1 Disambiguation of 'to establish a settled lifestyle': 2 93 4
  3. (intransitive) To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances. Tags: intransitive Translations (to get comfortable with new circumstances): asettua taloksi (Finnish), kotiutua (Finnish), ambientarsi (Italian), zadomawiać się [imperfective] (Polish), zadomowić się [perfective] (Polish), привы́кнуть (privýknutʹ) (Russian), адапти́роваться (adaptírovatʹsja) (Russian), обустро́иться (obustróitʹsja) (Russian), зви́кнути (zvýknuty) (Ukrainian), адаптува́тися (adaptuvátysja) (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:",
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "roman": "hadaʔa",
          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "هَدَأَ"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "冷靜下來"
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          "roman": "lěngjìng xiàlai",
          "sense": "to become quiet",
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          "word": "acougar"
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          "word": "apoudigar"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "lenyugszik"
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          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "aattua"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "calmarsi"
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          "sense": "to become quiet",
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "roman": "ochitsuku",
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          "word": "落ち着く"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "roman": "dölenmek",
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          "word": "دولنمك"
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          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "acalmar-se"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to become quiet",
          "word": "se liniști"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "roman": "uspokóitʹsja",
          "sense": "to become quiet",
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          "sense": "to become quiet",
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
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          "word": "τακτοποιούμαι"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "word": "sistemarsi"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "roman": "mi wo katameru",
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          "word": "身を固める"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "rarau"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
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          "word": "ustatkować"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "roman": "ostepenítʹsja",
          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
          "word": "остепени́ться"
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          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
          "word": "usadiť sa"
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          "word": "establecerse"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "word": "sentar cabeza"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "roman": "oselýtysja",
          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
          "word": "осели́тися"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oblaštuvátysja",
          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
          "word": "облаштува́тися"
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          "_dis1": "2 93 4",
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          "roman": "basnā",
          "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
          "word": "بسنا"
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        "(intransitive) To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances."
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          "_dis1": "8 1 91",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "asettua taloksi"
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          "word": "kotiutua"
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          "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
          "word": "ambientarsi"
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          "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
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          "word": "zadomawiać się"
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          "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
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          "word": "zadomowić się"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "privýknutʹ",
          "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
          "word": "привы́кнуть"
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      "roman": "hadaʔa",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
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      "sense": "to become quiet",
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      "word": "冷静下来"
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      "word": "acougar"
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      "word": "aattua"
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      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "word": "calmarsi"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "word": "placarsi"
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      "word": "落ち着く"
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      "word": "ساكنلنمك"
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      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "word": "se liniști"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "uspokóitʹsja",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "word": "успоко́иться"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "word": "calmarse"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaspokójitysja",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "word": "заспоко́їтися"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
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      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "定居"
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      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "usadit se"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "asettua aloilleen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "s’installer"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "taktopoioúmai",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "τακτοποιούμαι"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "noikokyrévomai",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "νοικοκυρεύομαι"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "letelepedik"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "accasarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "sistemarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mi wo katameru",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "身を固める"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "rarau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ustatkowywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ustatkować"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostepenítʹsja",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "остепени́ться"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "usadiť sa"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "establecerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "instalarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "sentar cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oselýtysja",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "осели́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oblaštuvátysja",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "облаштува́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "basnā",
      "sense": "to establish a settled lifestyle",
      "word": "بسنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "asettua taloksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "kotiutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "ambientarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadomawiać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zadomowić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privýknutʹ",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "привы́кнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "adaptírovatʹsja",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "адапти́роваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obustróitʹsja",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "обустро́иться"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvýknuty",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "зви́кнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "adaptuvátysja",
      "sense": "to get comfortable with new circumstances",
      "word": "адаптува́тися"
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