Past tense of settle
regular verb
The past tense of settle is settled. The past participle is also settled.
Forms of settle
| Base form (V1) | settle /ˈsɛ.təl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | settled /ˈsɛtl̩d/ |
| Past participle (V3) | settled /ˈsɛtl̩d/ |
| Present participle | settling /ˈsɛtl̩ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | settles |
Settled in a sentence
- His fears were settled
- The question of the succession to a throne needs to be settled.
- We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.From the entry scrimmage
- She settled in the window seat, drawing her leg up beneath her.From the entry draw
- Now that more experiments have been run, the theory is certain and the argument is settled.From the entry certain
Meaning of settle
- verb To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- verb To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- verb In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
Questions about the past tense of settle
- What is the past tense of settle?
- The past tense of settle is settled.
- What is the past participle of settle?
- The past participle of settle is settled.
- Is settle a regular or irregular verb?
- Settle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: settle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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