ADJUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjust mean? 

• ADJUST (verb)
  The verb ADJUST has 5 senses:

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

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

3. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

4. make correspondent or conformable

5. decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim

  Familiarity information: ADJUST used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJUST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they adjust    ... he / she / it adjusts   
Past simple: adjusted   
Past participle: adjusted   
-ing form: adjusting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

adjust; correct; set

Context example:

correct the alignment of the front wheels

Hypernyms (to "adjust" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adjust"):

citify (accustom to urban ways)

justify (adjust the spaces between words)

linearise; linearize (make linear or get into a linear form)

harmonise; harmonize; reconcile (bring into consonance or accord)

align; coordinate; ordinate (bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation)

plumb (adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical)

fit; match (make correspond or harmonize)

decompress; depressurise; depressurize (decrease the pressure of)

pressurise; pressurize (increase the pressure in or of)

sync; synchronise; synchronize (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner)

focalise; focalize; focus; sharpen (put (an image) into focus)

modulate; regulate (fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of)

time (regulate or set the time of)

attune (adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with)

proportion (adjust in size relative to other things)

modulate (adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of)

temper (adjust the pitch (of pianos))

tune; tune up (adjust the pitches of (musical instruments))

calibrate; fine-tune; graduate (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring)

tune; tune up (adjust for (better) functioning)

time (adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time)

trim (adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used)

zero; zero in (adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun))

zero (adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value)

readjust; reset (adjust again after an initial failure)

set (set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

adjustable (capable of being regulated)

adjuster (one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement)

adjustive (conducive to adjustment)

adjustment (the act of adjusting something to match a standard)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

adjust; align; aline; line up

Context example:

align the sheets of paper on the table

Hypernyms (to "adjust" is one way to...):

reorient (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adjust"):

address (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)

synchronise; synchronize (cause to indicate the same time or rate)

realign; realine (align anew or better)

true; true up (make level, square, balanced, or concentric)

collimate (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))

concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

adapt; adjust; conform

Context example:

We must adjust to the bad economic situation

Hypernyms (to "adjust" is one way to...):

get used to (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adjust"):

readapt (adapt anew)

readapt; readjust (adjust anew)

square (cause to match, as of ideas or acts)

obey (be obedient to)

match (be equal or harmonize)

acclimate; acclimatise; acclimatize (get used to a certain climate)

focalise; focalize; focus (become focussed or come into focus)

assimilate (become similar to one's environment)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

adjustive (conducive to adjustment)

adjustment (making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)

adjustment (the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make correspondent or conformable

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Adjust your eyes to the darkness

Hypernyms (to "adjust" is one way to...):

accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

adjustable (capable of being changed so as to match or fit)

adjustment (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "adjust" is one way to...):

adjudicate; decide; resolve; settle (bring to an end; settle conclusively)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

adjustment (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)

adjustor (one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement)

 Context examples 

The goodness of fit statistic for the terminal elimination phase, adjusted for the number of time points used in the estimation of Lambda z.

(Adjusted R Squared, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of adjusting or aligning objects in relation to each other; the result of this activity.

(Alignment, NCI Thesaurus)

They then analyzed associations between each outcome and napping, adjusting for sex, grade, school location, parental education, and nightly time in bed.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Of the 21 studies, 14 had chosen probiotics as interventions to regulate intestinal microbiota (IRIFs), and seven chose non-probiotic ways, such as adjusting daily diets.

(Anxiety May Be Alleviated by Changing Gut Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thus, the rhythms of the brainwaves corresponding to the speaker and the listener adjust according to the physical properties of the sound of the verbal messages expressed in a conversation.

(Our Brains Synchronize during A Conversation, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The count rates of a detector are adjusted to values as if there were no attenuation along the gamma's path.

(Attenuation Correction, NCI Thesaurus)

A method to adjust detector intensities to correct for background variation in intensities.

(Background Correction Method, NCI Thesaurus)

To adjust to new situations and overcome problems.

(Cope, NCI Dictionary)

There is no treatment, but most people adjust and the condition doesn't limit their activities.

(Color Blindness, NIH)

The calculation guarantees that the use of the adjusted a in pairwise comparisons keeps the actual probability aFW of family-wise type I errors not higher than the desired level, as specified by aFW0.

(Bonferroni Adjustment, NCI Thesaurus)