Definitions for adjust
əˈdʒʌstad·just

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjust, set, correctverb

   alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

   "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

2. align, aline, line up, adjustverb

   place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

   "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

3. adjust, conform, adaptverb

   adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

   "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

4. adjustverb

   make correspondent or conformable

   "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"

5. adjustverb

   decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjustverb

   To modify.

   Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.

2. adjustverb

   To improve or rectify.

   He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.

3. adjustverb

   To settle an insurance claim.

4. Etymology: From adjuster, from ad + iustus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ADJUSTverb

   Etymology: adjuster, Fr.

   1. To regulate; to put in order; to settle in the right form.

   Your Lordship removes all our difficulties, and supplies all our wants, faster than the most visionary projector can adjust his schemes. Jonathan Swift, to the Lord High Treasurer.

   2. To reduce to the true state or standard; to make accurate.

   The names of mixed modes, for the most part, want standards in nature, whereby men may rectify and adjust their signification; therefore they are very various and doubtful. John Locke.

   3. To make conformable. It requires the particle to before the thing to which the conformity is made.

   As to the accomplishment of this remarkable prophecy, whoever reads the account given by Josephus, without knowing his character, and compares it with what our Saviour foretold, would think the historian had been a christian, and that he had nothing else in view, but to adjust the event to the prediction. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

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1. adjust

   Adjust means to alter or move something slightly in order to correct or improve it, to fit new requirements, or to achieve a desired effect. It can also refer to the act of becoming more familiar with a new situation.

2. adjust

   Adjust is the act of altering or changing something in order to fit, adapt, conform or correct according to specific requirements or conditions. This action can be applied to various situations such as adjusting settings, behaviors, plans, amounts, or equipment.

3. adjust

   To adjust means to alter or modify something in order to achieve a desired fit, appearance or result. It involves making minor changes or fine-tuning. This term can be used in various contexts which include adjusting physical objects, mental attitudes, plans, or even relationships.

4. adjust

   To adjust means to change, alter, or modify something to suit different conditions or purposes, or to correct and improve its performance, fit, or alignment. It can refer to both physical items, such as adjusting a chair's height, and non-physical aspects, such as adjusting one's attitude or schedule.

5. adjust

   To adjust means to alter, move, or change something in order to make it more suitable or correct for a particular situation or condition. It can also refer to the process of becoming accustomed to a new situation or environment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adjustverb

   to make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard

2. Adjustverb

   to put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system

3. Adjustverb

   to settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted

4. Adjustverb

   to bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adjust

   ad-just′, v.t. to arrange properly (with to): to regulate: to settle.—adj. Adjust′able.—n. Adjust′ment, arrangement. [O. Fr. ajouster—Low L. adjuxtāre, to put side by side—L. juxta, near].

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. adjust

   An order to the observer or spotter to initiate an adjustment on a designated target.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjust

   To change, improve or regulate.

   They did adjust the temperature and had a balanced temperature at the office.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Decide
   • Get Used To
   • Reorient

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'adjust' in Verbs Frequency: #590

How to pronounce adjust?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say adjust in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjust in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of adjust in a Sentence

1. Tom Gidley-Kitchin:

   The market has to adjust so demand and supply come back into balance. Current developments in commodity prices suggest that it is going to happen faster than people had expected, smaller miners tend to get lower quality assets and lower margins and are more focused on exploration than mining. That's not something people are interested in funding at the moment.

2. Gerard Araud:

   People have to adjust to the fact that a phone call with Trump is not the same as a phone call with any normal leader.

3. Richard Broughton:

   Even under current trends if we adjust the BBC's revenue for inflation, it's already seen a 15 % cut in real terms in its funding over the last 4 years.

4. Robert Hertzberg:

   You’ve got kids today who go to school and they get their hot lunches taken away from them because their parents haven’t paid the bill, and they get replaced — here in Los Angeles where I’m from — with half a sandwich and four ounces of juice, what I’m trying to do is just re-adjust the law in a way that says you can’t do that.

5. Zhu Limin:

   The NDRC has said it will adjust just once a year and to change them again would send out a wrong signal.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=adjust
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Adjust
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=adjust
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjust
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=adjust
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf