Vocabulary

Settle

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).
Urdu meaning
تصفیہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. Not the gap between Washington and Tehran, but the one between the country we are capable of being on the world stage and the country we settle for at home.
    Dawn Editorials — Banning the dead — 2026-04-19
  2. Of losses that don`t make headlines and wounds that don`t appear in footage but settle quietly into the bodies of entire generations.At least elsewhere, suffering is occasionally acknowledged.
    Dawn Editorials — Coming home — 2026-03-29
Synonyms
resolve, sort out, reach an agreement about, find a solution to, find an answer to

Antonyms
prolong
Curator example
“the unions have settled their year-long dispute with Hollywood producers”

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