(~s, settling, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If people ~ an argument or problem, or if something ~s it, they solve it, for example by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.
They agreed to try to ~ their dispute by negotiation...
Tomorrow’s vote is unlikely to ~ the question of who will replace their leader.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If people ~ a legal dispute or if they ~, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example by paying some money or by apologizing.
In an attempt to ~ the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution...
She got much less than she would have done if she had ~d out of court...
His company ~d with the American authorities by paying a $200 million fine.
VERB: V n, V, V with n
3.
If you ~ a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
I ~d the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine...
They ~d with Colin at the end of the evening.
VERB: V n, V with n
4.
If something is ~d, it has all been decided and arranged.
As far as we’re concerned, the matter is ~d...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
5.
When people ~ a place or in a place, or when a government ~s them there, they start living there permanently.
Refugees settling in Britain suffer from a number of problems...
Thirty-thousand-million dollars is needed to ~ the refugees.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n, also V n prep/adv, V
6.
If you ~ yourself somewhere or ~ somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.
Albert ~d himself on the sofa...
Jessica ~d into her chair with a small sigh of relief.
VERB: V pron-refl prep/adv, V prep/adv
7.
If something ~s or if you ~ it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.
A black dust ~d on the walls...
Once its impurities had ~d, the oil could be graded...
Tap each one firmly on your work surface to ~ the mixture.
VERB: V prep/adv, V, V n
8.
If your eyes ~ on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.
The man let his eyes ~ upon Cross’s face.
= rest
VERB: V on/upon n
9.
When birds or insects ~ on something, they land on it from above.
Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal.
= light
VERB: V on n
10.
when the dust ~s: see dust
to ~ a score: see score
see also ~d