Definitive and Settled

Definitive

Definitive adjective - Being the most accurate and apparently thorough.

Settled and definitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settled" instead an adjective "Definitive".

Settled

Settled adjective - Firmly established over time.

Definitive and settled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Definitive" instead an adjective "Settled".

Both words in one sentence

  • Final Battle In the same vein as CMLL before it, Joshi fed REINA stared doing definitive year closeout shows in 2013, though it hasn't settled on a consistent name for them.
    Source: Final Battle
  • Lets Play / Nuttylamb She hasn't really settled into a definitive format yet.
  • The Morlocks Tolkien went back and forth on the matter repeatedly, and hadn't settled on a definitive version even when he died, mainly due to trying to reconcile his dislike of Always Chaotic Evil with his belief in Evil as inherently incapable of creativity.
    Source: The Morlocks
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