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Definitions for to adjust
to ad·just
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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
to adjust
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a chronometer. To set the frame of a ship.
Editors Contribution
to adjustverb
Action form of the word adjust
To adjust the telescope is easy as we know how
Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2021
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of to adjust in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of to adjust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of to adjust in a Sentence
The index will move along with the market value of the 180 stocks on a daily basis, and we will adjust carbon-related factors every half-year.
We have estimated that fixed costs could fall by 25 percent and that looks achievable, it is necessary as they need to adjust to the much lower activity.
Anger is like fire. You can make a great steak with hot fire, but if you can't adjust the flame, you'll burn it up. Success is about learning how to adjust the flame.
You can imagine it's like being at a grocery checkout stand, where one line is way too long, so you self-adjust to go to a shorter line. In healthcare, though, since you can't see how crowded each ER is, the system tries to put you in a shorter line, the problem, however, is that the next checkout line is at least several miles away, if not more, and the items in your grocery cart - basically your organs - have an expiration date of a few minutes to a few hours.
The future approach of the Commission in state aid cases may be fine-tuned to adjust to the concerns the court identified, but this hiccup is not going to forestall the drive of Vestager in this area.
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