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Adjust
| Adjust Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Adjust?
[v] adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
[v] alter so as to achieve accuracy; regulate; "Adjust the clock, please"
[v] make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
[v] place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
[v] decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjust: adapt |
aline |
conform |
line up |
set
Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjust: abate |
accept |
acclimate |
acclimatize |
accommodate |
accommodate with |
accord |
accustom |
adapt |
adapt to |
addict |
adjust |
adjust to |
agree with |
alter |
ameliorate |
arbitrate |
arrange |
arrange matters |
assimilate |
assimilate to |
assuage |
attune |
balance |
be guided by |
bend |
better |
box in |
break |
break in |
break up |
bring to terms |
bring together |
bulk |
button up |
cancel |
capacitate |
case harden |
change |
chart |
chime in with |
circumscribe |
close |
close up |
close with |
codify |
compensate |
comply |
comply with |
compose |
compound |
compromise |
conclude |
condition |
condone |
confirm |
conform |
convert |
coordinate |
cop out |
correct |
correspond |
countenance |
counterbalance |
counterpoise |
countervail |
cut to |
deform |
denature |
diminish |
discipline |
diversify |
domesticate |
domesticize |
duck responsibility |
enable |
enlarge |
equalize |
equate |
equip |
establish |
evade responsibility |
even |
even up |
fall in with |
familiarize |
fasten up |
fit |
fix |
fix up |
follow |
furnish |
gauge |
gear to |
gentle |
get used to |
give and take |
give way |
go by |
go fifty-fifty |
grade |
graduate |
grin and abide |
group |
habituate |
harden |
harmonize |
heal the breach |
hedge |
hedge about |
homologate |
homologize |
housebreak |
improve |
integrate |
inure |
key to |
leaven |
let go by |
let pass |
level |
limit |
make a deal |
make an adjustment |
make concessions |
make conform |
make peace |
make plumb |
make right |
make uniform |
make up |
match |
measure |
mediate |
meet |
meet halfway |
meliorate |
methodize |
mitigate |
moderate |
modify |
modulate |
mold |
mutate |
narrow |
naturalize |
normalize |
obey |
observe |
order |
organize |
orient |
orient the map |
orientate |
overlook |
overthrow |
palliate |
patch things up |
patch up |
plan |
play politics |
poise |
proportion |
put in order |
put in trim |
put in tune |
put right |
put to rights |
quadrate |
qualify |
range |
rank |
rationalize |
reach a compromise |
realign |
rearrange |
rebuild |
reconcile |
reconstruct |
re-create |
rectify |
redesign |
redress |
reduce |
refit |
reform |
regularize |
regulate |
regulate by |
remake |
renew |
reshape |
resolve |
restore harmony |
restrain |
restrict |
restructure |
reunite |
revamp |
revive |
rig |
right |
ring the changes |
rise above |
routinize |
rub off corners |
season |
set |
set conditions |
set limits |
set right |
set to rights |
settle |
settle differences |
settle with |
shape |
shift the scene |
shrug |
shrug it off |
shuffle the cards |
similarize |
size |
smooth it over |
soften |
sort |
split the difference |
square |
stabilize |
standardize |
steady |
straighten |
straighten out |
strike a balance |
strike a bargain |
submit to |
subvert |
suit |
surrender |
sync |
synchronize |
systematize |
tailor |
take the mean |
take to |
tally with |
tame |
temper |
train |
trim |
trim to |
true |
true up |
tune |
tune up |
turn the scale |
turn the tables |
turn the tide |
turn upside down |
vary |
weave peace between |
wont |
work a change |
work out |
worsen |
yield |
yield to |
zip up
See Also | acclimate |
acclimatise |
acclimatize |
accommodate |
adjudicate |
align |
assimilate |
attune |
calibrate |
change |
change orientation |
citify |
collimate |
concenter |
concentre |
coordinate |
correct |
decide |
decompress |
depressurise |
depressurize |
fine-tune |
fit |
focalise |
focalize |
focus |
graduate |
harmonise |
harmonize |
justify |
linearise |
linearize |
match |
modulate |
obey |
ordinate |
orient |
plumb |
pressurise |
pressurize |
proportion |
readapt |
readjust |
realign |
realine |
reconcile |
rectify |
regulate |
reorient |
reset |
resolve |
right |
settle |
sharpen |
square |
sync |
synchronise |
synchronize |
temper |
time |
trim |
true |
true up |
tune |
tune up |
zero |
zero in
Adjust In Webster's Dictionary
\Ad*just"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjusted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Adjusting}.] [OF. ajuster, ajoster (whence F. ajouter to
add), LL. adjuxtare to fit; fr. L. ad + juxta near; confused
later with L. ad and justus just, right, whence F. ajuster to
adjust. See {Just}, v. t. and cf. {Adjute}.]
1. 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. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
Adjusting the orthography. --Johnson.
3. 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. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an
instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope
or microscope.
Syn: To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set
right; rectify; settle.
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