adjust
/ə'dʤʌst/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To change or move something slightly to improve it or make it more suitable: The core meaning involves making small modifications to achieve a better fit, alignment, or accuracy.
- To become more familiar and comfortable with a new situation: This meaning refers to the process of adapting oneself psychologically or physically to new conditions.
Examples of Usage
Verb (Transitive - with an object):
- Please adjust the volume; it's too loud. (You are changing the volume setting.)
- The mechanic will adjust the brakes so they work properly. (The mechanic will fine-tune the brakes.)
- It took me a minute to adjust my eyes to the bright sunlight. (I allowed my vision to adapt to the new light level.)
Verb (Intransitive - without an object):
- Moving to a new country is difficult, but you will adjust. (You will become accustomed to the new environment.)
- The children adjusted quickly to their new school. (The children adapted well.)
Advanced Usage
- "Adjust to" (phrasal verb): To adapt oneself to something new or different.
- It can be hard for retirees to adjust to having so much free time.
- "Adjust for": To take something into account and correct or compensate for it.
- The data was adjusted for inflation to show real growth.
- In a formal or technical context, "adjust" can mean to settle or resolve a claim or dispute.
- The insurance company will adjust the claim and determine the payout.
Variants and Related Words
- Adjustable (adjective): Capable of being changed or adapted.
- The chair has an adjustable height.
- Adjustment (noun): A small change, or the process of adapting.
- Making the adjustment to a new routine takes time.
- Adjuster (noun): A person who assesses insurance claims.
- The insurance adjuster inspected the damage to the car.
Synonyms
- Adapt: To change to suit new conditions (often used for people or living things).
- Modify: To make partial or minor changes to something.
- Regulate: To control or maintain the rate, speed, or accuracy of a machine or process.
- Align: To arrange things in a straight line or correct relative position.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Adjust to: To get used to a new situation.
- She is still adjusting to her new role as manager.
- Tune up: To make small adjustments to a machine, especially an engine, so it performs better. (This is a more specific synonym in certain contexts).
- I need to tune up my car.
Related Idioms
- Make adjustments: To make necessary changes.
- After the feedback, we had to make some adjustments to the plan.
- Bend/Adjust the rules: To change the way rules are applied in a particular situation, often slightly.
- The teacher adjusted the rules for the younger students.
Verb
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
- make correspondent or conformable
- Adjust your eyes to the darkness
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- We must adjust to the bad economic situation
- 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
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- Adjust the clock, please
- correct the alignment of the front wheels