resettled

Meanings

1. 1verbtransitive or intransitive

   Past tense and past participle of resettle: moved to live in a new place, or helped others do so.

   Grammar: Takes an object when someone is helped (resettled the family) or none when people move (they resettled in Canada).

   Patterns

   • resettled in something
   • resettled someone in something

   The family resettled in Canada after the war.

   Volunteers resettled forty refugees in the town.

   Villagers were resettled on higher ground after the floods.

2. 2verbtransitive or intransitive

   Settled back into a position or condition, such as dust or a person on a seat.

   Grammar: Usually without an object: the dust resettled.

   Patterns

   • resettled into something

   The cat resettled on the cushion.

   After the tremor, the soil resettled.

   She resettled into her chair and kept reading.

Common combinations

resettled in a new country

Many families resettled in a new country.

resettled refugees

The town resettled refugees from three regions.

successfully resettled

He was successfully resettled with a new job.

resettled communities

Resettled communities received new homes.

Synonyms and how they differ

relocated

This is broader and can mean moving a business or a person for any reason.

rehoused

This focuses on being given new housing, often by authorities.

migrated

This suggests moving across regions and may not be permanent.

moved

This is the everyday plain word without the sense of building a new life.

Opposites

Word family

resettle verb

to settle somewhere new

resettlement noun

the process of settling again

settle verb

to make a home

settler noun

a person who makes a home in a new area

Commonly confused: resettled or reset?

Practice

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