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settled for

settled for is the simple past and past participle of settle for.

Meaning of settle for

Verb

settle for (third-person singular simple present settles for, present participle settling for, simple past and past participle settled for)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.
    • He couldn't afford the expensive headphones, so he decided to settle for the lower-quality set.
    Synonyms:
    make do

Questions about settled for

What is settled for the simple past and past participle of?
Settled for is the simple past and past participle of settle for.

Words near settled for in the dictionary

  1. settled a score
  2. settled accounts with
  3. settled district
  4. settled districts
  5. settled down
  6. settled for
  7. settled in
  8. settled into
  9. settled on
  10. settled one's account
  11. settled someone's hash

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Adapted from Wiktionary: settled for (page history and authors); settle for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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