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settle

CEFR: B1

To establish a permanent community or household in a new region; or to resolve a dispute or financial account definitively.

Synonyms

colonise
resolve

Common Collocations

settle a dispute
settle permanently
settle down

Example Sentence

Human societies began developing written record systems only after they settled in permanent agrarian river valleys.

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