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Definitions: Adjust

Adjust

Verb

1. Alter slightly, esp. to achieve accuracy; regulate; "Adjust the clock, please".

2. 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".

3. Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation".

4. Make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness".

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "adjust" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Adjust \Ad*just"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Adjusted; present participle verb or noun Adjusting.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Adjust

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

To move(displace)a machine part into a determined position, e. g. by means of an adjusting screw. Source: European Union. (references)
 To adjust a machine part in such a way as to take up wear between two parts having relative motion. Source: European Union. (references)

Meteorology & Standards

To fit accurately(mating parts), especially with regard to alignment and concentricity. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Adjust

Synonyms: adapt (v), align (v), aline (v), conform (v), line up (v), set (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: set-to (mechanical engineering).
Antonym: skew (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Adjust

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Render accordant; Adjective: fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust; (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.

Compromise

Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

Equality

Render equal; Adjective: equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt; (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes.

Order

Adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.

Preparation

Elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture; (aid); hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust; (fit); put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Adjust

English words defined with "adjust": accommodative, adapt, Adjusting, attuneBalanced valveCoadjust, collimate, conform, cooperative, Coordinatediaphragmelasticfine-tune, fit, flexibleindexjustifykeyLe Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier's principleMisadjust, modulateone's selfphase, pliable, pliant, plumb, pot, potentiometer, proportionreadapt, readjust, regulate, Reliquidate, resetspark lever, stop, sync, synchronise, synchronizetemper, To dispose of, To make up, To regulate a watch, To set in order, To settle the land, To truss a person, tune, tune up, tweakzero, zero in. (references)
Specialty definitions using "adjust": ABRASIVE-COATING-MACHINE OPERATOR, ACCELERATOR OPERATOR, accession CA, accession compensatory amount, accommodation ability, ACID ADJUSTER, ACID FILLER, additive-plant operator, adjust for wear, ADJUSTER, ALARM MECHANISM, adjuster, piano action, adjustment clerk, Adjustment to Immigrant Status, advanced peer to peer networking, AGER OPERATOR, air-control tender, alarm-signal operator, ALIGNER, BARREL AND RECEIVER, ALIGNER, TYPEWRITER, ALMOND-BLANCHER OPERATOR, alum mixer, ALUM-PLANT OPERATOR, appliance painter-and-refinisher, application clerk, Application Support Centers, ARC CUTTER, arc-air operator, ARCH-CUSHION-SKIVING-MACHINE OPERATOR, ARMHOLE FELLER, HANDSTITCHING MACHINE, ARTIFICIAL-LOG-MACHINE OPERATOR, ARTILLERY OR NAVAL GUNFIRE OBSERVER, ASPHALT-DISTRIBUTOR TENDER, ASPHALT-PAVING-MACHINE OPERATOR, asphalt-spreader operator, ASSEMBLER II, assembler, convertible top, ASSEMBLER, STEAM-AND-GAS TURBINE, assembler-erector, assembly-machine tool setter, ASSISTANT-PRESS OPERATOR, astro-technician, Asylee, AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION SPECIALIST, autoclave operator, AUTOCLAVE OPERATOR II, auto-glass worker, automatic lehr operator, AUTOMATIC LUMP MAKING MACHINE TENDER, AUTOMATIC PATTERN EDGER, AUTOMATIC-PAD-MAKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, automatic-silk-screen printer, AUTOMOBILE-SERVICE-STATION ATTENDANT, automotive-maintenance-equipment repairer, AUTOMOTIVE-MAINTENANCE-EQUIPMENT SERVICER, average adjuster, averagerBABY-STROLLER AND WHEELCHAIR RENTAL CLERK, back sewer, BACK TENDER, CLOTH PRINTING, BACK WASHER, baker, doughnut, BALE-TIE-MACHINE OPERATOR, BAND-SCROLL-SAW OPERATOR, bar-machine operator, production, BATCH-AND-FURNACE OPERATOR, BEAD-FORMING-MACHINE OPERATOR, BEATER OPERATOR, beater-out, leveling machine, BELLY BUILDER, bending-roll operator, BEVELER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, BEVELING-AND-EDGING-MACHINE OPERATOR, bicycle mechanic, BICYCLE REPAIRER, BICYCLE-RENTAL CLERK, bin piler, binder operator, bit grinder, BIT SHARPENER, bit stuffing, bituminous-paving-machine operator, BLACK OXIDE COATING EQUIPMENT TENDER, black oxide operator, BLACK-ASH-BURNER OPERATOR, BLACK-MILL OPERATOR, blacktop spreader, blacktop-paver operator, blade aligner, BLADE GROOVER, blanker operator, blanker-press operator, BLANKET-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, BLANKMAKER, BLEACH-RANGE OPERATOR, blender helper, BLENDER II, BLENDING SUPERVISOR, blower-room attendant, boat accessories installer, BOAT RIGGER. (references)
Etymologies containing "adjust": Adjustment, AjutageConciatorPutativeTiffany. (references)

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Modern Usage: Adjust

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh, my filters will adjust. It is the act I enjoy more than the nourishments. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Okay, that lost its enjoyment, now how do you adjust the speed on this thing? (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks)

Clever

If you can't control the wind, adjust your sail. (references; author: unknown)

We can't control the wind, but we have the power to adjust the sails. (references; author: unknown)

We cannot change the direction of the wind... but we can adjust our sails. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Adjust

DomainTitle

Books

  • Adjust Your Attitude and Laugh 'Til the Cows Come Home (reference)

  • Cubical Quad Antennas: How to Build and Adjust Quads (reference)

  • Ex Familia: Grandparents, Parents, and Children Adjust to Divorce (reference)

  • How To Use Multiple Timing Systems To Help Adjust Allocation To The Market To Reduce Risk And Enhance Returns [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Job Survival: How to Adjust & Keep Your Job With Study Guide (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Adjust

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Adjust

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Hand holding a breast implant which is a flexible sac filled with silicone gel. A surgeon inserts the sac into the chest just under the skin. This implant can be inflated with air or injected with a saline solution to adjust the size.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Divers adjust micromanipulator used to sample close to coral heads.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Maj. Terrence Leary (left) helps Maj. Russell Fellers adjust the seat before taking off on the next 10-mile leg of a 40-mile mountain bike relay during the all-service Wilderness Challenge 2000. Leary and Fellers were members of the Air Force Pentagon tea.

Martin Bales, an NRCS employee, takes grass clipping measurements. This helps determine use of rangeland and ranchers can adjust herds to match available grass.Credit: Gary Wilson.

[Army Nurses adjust their equipment while they wait to board transport].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Page from the ship's log book for 30 August 1816, while she flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron under Commodore Isaac Chauncey. At the time, she had just completed a visit to Naples, carrying the Honorable William Pinkney on a special mission to adjust the claims of American merchants against the Neapolitan authorities. Sketches on the lower half of the page show the squadron's order of sailing in line ahead and line abreast. Ships are USS Washington (ship of the line), USS United States (frigate), USS Java (frigate), USS Constellation (frigate), USS Ontario (sloop of war) and USS Erie (sloop of war).Credit: NAVY.

It took Angela time to adjust herself.Credit: Library of Congress.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A technical sergeant and a master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia adjust a field lighting unit that plays an important part in their operations.Credit: Library of Congress.

Debtor and creditor sign adjust agreements. Alliance, Nebraska.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Adjust

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

It is understood that this must in no way prejudice the right of France to adjust her customs line in this region in conformity with her political frontier, as is done on the other portions of her territorial boundaries, and as was done by Switzerland long ago on her own boundaries in this region The French Government are pleased to note on this subject in what a friendly disposition the Swiss Government take this opportunity of declaring their willingness to consider any French proposal dealing with the system to be substituted for the present regime of the said free zones, which the French Government intend to formulate in the same friendly spirit. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Adjust

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

You'll probably need a few months to adjust to hemodialysis. (references)

You can adjust what and how you eat to help manage fecal incontinence. (references)

Parents should be ready to adjust treatment for their child's changing needs. (references)

Business

Despite this, the authorities are under no pressure to adjust the peg. (references)

The UzDaewoo Auto plant will need to adjust its pricing policy considerably. (references)

Foreign companies need to adjust to European terms of payment in order to be competitive. (references)

Children

Bangladesh

The Center runs a model village to enable the disabled to adjust to village life before reintegration. (references)

Economic History

Greece

Some department stores have closed, due to failure to adjust new shopping trends. (references)

Colombia

However, such a fast recovery and growth took by surprise supervisory authorities who did not adjust on time to the new financial landscape. (references)

Minorities

Iceland

For several years, the City of Reykjavik has operated a highly regarded Intercultural Center that helps foreigners adjust to living in the country. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

Import duties and excise taxes are often changed with little advance notice, giving foreign investors little time to adjust to new requirements. (references)

HAITI

Haitian law permits the government to adjust gasoline pump prices within a pre-determined band to reflect changes in world petroleum prices and exchange rate movements but this mechanism does not function automatically. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Some U.S. firms may have to adjust to these metric requirements. (references)

Spain

They adjust their liquidity by interbank and money market transactions. (references)

Korea

The absence of a comment period and adequate time for industry to adjust can be a significant barrier to trade. (references)

Travel

Brazil

Fares are inexpensive and sometimes a table used to adjust fares is posted on the inside of the taxi's rear window. (references)

Ireland

Vehicle traffic direction moves on the left-hand side of the road and it may take the American visitor some time to adjust to this change. (references)

Ecuador

Travelers to Quito may require some time to adjust to the altitude (close to 10,000 feet), which can adversely affect blood pressure, digestion and energy level. (references)

Worker Rights

Paraguay

In practice most (but not all) government agencies adjust the hours of work for government workers to be paid at a rate comparable to the private sector minimum wage. (references)

Italy

In May 2000, a Transport Ministry regulation required all national labor contracts involving employment sectors covered by the law to adjust contract provisions to the new rules. (references)

Ecuador

The Ministry of Labor periodically sets the minimum wage in consultation with the Commission on Salaries, but Congress also may adjust it. As of September, the minimum wage plus mandated bonuses provided a gross monthly compensation of approximately $118, or 75 cents per hour in the case of contract workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Adjust

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Robert Novak

Well, I think that Congressman Thomas is a compromiser. I think he's willing to adjust himself. But I think he is really determined that Bob Byrd is not going to bring in his collection of pork into those negotiations. We'll see if he prevails on that.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Adjust

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797When we contemplate the war on our frontiers, it may be truly affirmed that every reasonable effort has been made to adjust the causes of dissension with the Indians north of the Ohio.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The right to adjust those duties with a view to the encouragement of domestic branches of industry is so completely incidental to that power that it is difficult to suppose the existence of the one without the other.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty.

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889; 1893-1897At the same time, in our efforts to adjust differences of opinion we should be free from intolerance or passion, and our judgments should be unmoved by alluring phrases and unvexed by selfish interests.

Warren G. Harding

1921-1923Today, as never before, when peoples are seeking trade restoration and expansion, we must adjust our tariffs to the new order.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953In formulating policies, as in preparing budgetary estimates, the Nation and the Congress have the right to expect the President to adjust and coordinate the views of the various departments and agencies to form a unified program.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974If the level of enemy activity significantly increases we might have to adjust our timetable accordingly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Adjust

"Adjust" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 74.71% of the time. "Adjust" is used about 1,102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)74.71%8238,499
Lexical Verb (base form)25.29%27917,495
                    Total100.00%1,102N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Adjust

Expressions using "adjust": adjust fire adjust for wear adjust oneself adjust oneself to adjust wrongly try out and adjust. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "adjust": re-adjust.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adjust

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

adjust

35

adjust browser setting

23

adjust watch band

14

monitor adjust

14

adjust carburetor

13

adjust time

11

adjust frequency tv

10

adjust headlights

7

adjust head sprinkler

6

adjust browser

6

adjust screen

5

adjust volume

5

adjust clutch

5

adjust post

5

adjust focus monitor

5

adjust valve

5

adjust door garage

4

adjust laser ps2

4

adjust bar torsion

4

adjust timing

4
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Modern Translations: Adjust

Language Translations for "adjust"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

verstel (put, put right). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

adaptoj (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), rregulloj (accommodate, amend, arrange, attemper, clear up, compose, contrive, control, correct, debug, dispose, dispose of, do, fix up, model, modulate, order, patch up, rate, readjust, redress, regularize, regulate, repair, set right, set the tune, settle, shape, Spruce, straighten, tidy up, trim), rregullohem (look up, straighten), përshtatem (adapt oneself, agree, conform, fit in, humor, humour, respond, shape), përshtat (accommodate, adapt, arrange, assort, enable, fit, fit in, match, readjust, regulate, retool, specialize, trim), ndreq (arrange, change, clear, correct, dispose, dress, fix up, make amends, mend, piece, rectify, redress, refit, reform, reinstate, remake, remedy, repair, revise, spruce up, Square, straighten, tidy up, touch up, tune up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كيف (accommodate, adapt, condition, conform, fashion, however, shape, suit, whereby), ‏نظم (arrange, array, bed, cast, code, codify, collocate, compose, construct, control, dispose, fix, form, groom, lay, line, marshal, mastermind, measure, order, organize, plan, poetize, put in order, put things straight, reform, regiment, regulate, regulation, right, seed, settle, shape, shuffle, sort, spruce up, stage, streamline, systematize, verse), ‏لاءم (accommodate, adapt, agree with, be convenient for, be suitable for, befit, fit, match, suit), ‏قوم (appraise, assess, calibrate, correct, esteem, estimate, evaluate, folk, guess, horde, measure, nation, people, prize, rate, reckon, rectify, reform, straighten, value), ‏حدد (allocate, appoint, assess, assign, be specified, calibrate, center, centre, condition, constrict, define, determine, fix, itemize, limit, line, locate, mark, name, narrow, pin, pinpoint, prefix, prescribe, qualify, set, shoe, type), ‏تكيف (adapt, adaptability, adaptation, conform, drug intoxication, fit, modification, pleasure), ‏تأقلم (acclimate, acclimation, adapt, adaptation, be familiar with, become acclimatized to, naturalize, readjustment), ‏سوى (accommodate, but, compose, compound, dispose, equalize, equate, even, flatten, normalize, patch, regularize, settle, smooth, straighten), ‏عدل (alter, amend, arrange, blue pencil, commute, equal, equate, erect, evenness, fairness, fashion, fix, justice, justness, mend, modify, modulate, overhaul, qualify, reason, recast, reclaim, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, reshuffle, retrofit, revise, right, righteousness, rightness, shuffle, straighten, temper), ‏ضبط (accuracy, check, control, dam, detect, exactitude, frame, govern, inspect, measure, monitor, police, preciseness, precision, punctuality, regularize, regulate, regulation, rightness, school, set, setting, square, strictness, test, tune, tuning). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

регулирам (govern, regularize, regulate, rubricate, temper, time, tune, tune up), коригирам (amend, correct, rectify, red pencil), оправям (disembroil, disentangle, do a room, heal, make, patch, planish, pull round, pull through, put in order, put right, readjust, right, righten, set right, sleave, straighten, tide, true, unbend, unkink, unravel, wipe up), нагласям (adapt, doctor, pose, posture, shape, tune), приспособявам (accommodate, adapt, conform, fashion, frame, gear, modulate, readjust, shape, suit, tailor, tune), поправям (alter, amend, blue pencil, castigate, cobble, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, mend, polish, recast, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp), подреждам (arrange, assort, compose, dispose, do up, plash, pleach, preen, process, put in order, seriate, snug, sort out, tidy, trim), изглаждам (atone, calender, face, file, iron out, level, make up, patch, patch up, plane, planish, polish, polish up, press out, reconcile, sleek, slick, smarm, smooth, sponge out). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

調節 (regulate), 调整 (adj, Adjusted, Adjusting, Adjustment, modulate, modulated, Modulating, restructure, restructuring). (various references)

   

Czech

  

urovnat (arrange, even out, iron, iron out, make up, put things straight, settle), upravit (adapt, alter, arrange, do up, dress, fix, modify, organize, readjust, redress, regulate, sleek, tidy, touch up, treat, trim), sladit (coordinate, harmonize, season with sugar, sugar, syntonize), seřídit (make true, tune), regulovat (modulate, regulate), přizpùsobit (accommodate, accustom to, adapt, assimilate, comply, conform, fit, modulate, quadrate, readjust, regulate, suit, tailor, temper, tune). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tilpasning (acclimation, acclimatization, acculturation, adaptation, adapting, adjusting, adjustment, appropriation, assimilation, blending, conditioning, fitting, match, matching), rette op (align), rette ind (align, train), justere (align, bring into position, justify, move into position, position, reposition, reset, set, to adjust, to fit), indstille (approach, bring into position, move into position, position, set, to adjust, to fit), efterstille spil (adjust for wear). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afstemmen (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, harmonise, match, mount, place, reconcile, reject, to respond to ..., tune, verify), afstellen (bring into position, move into position, position, put right, set, to adjust, to fit), adapteren (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), aanpassen (accommodate, accomodate, adapt, adapting, adjustment, attempt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, test, to acclimate, to smooth, to smoothe, try, try on, tune). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

alĝustigi (put right), alaranĝi (adapt), adapti (accommodate, adapt, fit), reĝustigi, ĝustigi (put right). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

laga til (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

میزان کردن (Modulate, Orient, Range, Regulate, Temper), مطابق کردن (Modulate), وفق دادن (Accord, Adapt, Assimilate, Attune, Conform, Jump, Reconcile, Square, Suit, Tune), تنظیم کردن (Control, Edit, Frame, Modulate, Order, Redact, Regiment, Regularize, Regulate), تسویه نمودن , تعدیل کردن (Adapt, Coordinate, Moderate, Modify, Modulate, Trammel), سازگارکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sovittaa (accommodate, adapt, align, arrange, atone for, build into, combine, conciliate, expiate, fit in, incorporate into, make amends for, mediate, suit, to adjust, to fit), säätää (align, bring into position, direct, move into position, position, prescribe, regulate, reposition, reset, set). (various references)

   

French

  

adapter (adapt), rectifier, régler (adjudicate), ajuster (to adjust, to currently adjust). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

oanpasse (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), oanbringe (accommodate, accuse, adapt, attune, bring, denounce, fetch, fit, fix, give an account, mount, place, recruit, report, tune), ôfstimme (accommodate, adapt, adhere, attune, conform, fit, fix, mount, place, reject, tune). (various references)

   

German

  

regulieren (regularize, regulate, settle, to regulate), einstellen (abandon, aim, align, appoint, approach, attune, bring into position, call off, cease, close down, collimate, discontinue, display, engage, focus, hanging, hire, hold, justify, line-up, lining-up, lock on, move into position, place, position, put in, regulate, rigging, selection, set, stabilization, stall, stop, suspend, take on, to collimate, to engage, to justify, to tune in, trim, tune, tune in, twist, v.), anpassen (accommodate, accomodate, adapt, adapting, adjustment, attune, blend in, bring into line, fit, fit on, fitting, fix, key, match, modulate, mount, place, readjust, re-adjust, suit, take one's measure for, to acclimatize, to adapt, to adjust, to assimilate, to fit, to modulate, tune), justieren (align, collimate, gauge, justification, justify, justifying, regulate, to justify, trim, tune, v., weight), berichtigen (amend, correct, emend, rectify, regularize, regulate, to amend, to correct, to emend, to rectify). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ρυθμίζω (bring into position, control, focus, move into position, position, regulate, set, to adjust, to fit), προσαρμόζω (accommodate to, acculturate, adapt, align, conform, fit, gear, joint, set, to adjust, to fit). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

adaptoj (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לוסת (modulate, regulate), ל"תקין (arrange, establish, fit, install, make ready), ל"תאים (compose, conform, fit, match, mate, meet, modify, peer, suit, tailor, tally), ל"ס"יר (order, put to order, regularize, regulate, settle, square up), לס'ל (accommodate, acquire, adapt, conform, fit, obtain). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

alkamaz (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), szabályoz (control, modulate, regularize, regulate, to bring under regulation, to check, to condition, to control, to modulate, to regularize, to regulate, to rule), rendbe hoz (array, clean out, readjust, refit, regulate, repair, set right, to accommodate, to adjust, to do up, to fix, to furbish, to plaster up, to put right, to put sg straight, to recondition, to refit, to regulate, to set right, to set sg to rights, to set to rights, to tidy, to tidy up, to trim), illeszt (accommodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, suit, to feather, to fit, to join, to join up, to suit, tune), igazodik (go by, Orient, to fall into step with sy, to go by, to orient, to orientate, to toe the mark), igazít (set, to gear to sg, to regulate, to set), helyesbít (correct, rectify, to amend, to correct, to rectify), beállít (set, ship, to adjust, to blow in, to fetch up, to install, to pose, to regulate, to set, to time, to true, to true up, to tune in, to tune up, to turn up, tune in). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

aðlagast (accommodate, accomodate oneself, adapt, adapt oneself, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), aðlaga (adapt). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyetel, mengaturtepatkan (regulate), membenar, melengkapi (complementary, endue, equip, furnish). (various references)

   

Italian

  

aggiustare (accommodate, adapt, align, attune, bring into position, come out right, doctor, fit, fix, make do, mend, mount, move into position, overhaul, patch, place, position, put, repair, set, to adjust, to fit, to fix, trim, tune), regolare (act, arm, bogey, bring into position, cash up, control, control oneself, direct, even, formal, guide, level, modulate, move into position, normal, point, position, proper, regular, regularize, regulate, rule, rules, set, settle, smooth, Square, standard, steady, systematic, systematical, trim, tune, uniform), adattare (accommodate, adapt, adapt oneself, arrange, attune, be suitable, conform, fit, fit oneself, fix, key, mount, place, put, shape, suit, tune). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

補整 , アジソン病 (Addison's disease, agitating point, agitation, agitation bill, agitator, hideout, secret base of operations). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほせい (correction), アジャスト . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

조 하십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

kiartaghey (accommodate, accommodate arrange, adjusting, amend, correct, correct as mistake, correction, even out, fix, make, modification, modify, preparation, prepare, qualify, ready, rectification, redress, setting, settle, settling, true). (various references)

   

Maya

  

hex (to adjust). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

instille. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

adaptá (accommodate, adapt, apply, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, practice, tune). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adjustay

   

Portuguese

  

ajuste (acceptance, accordance, adaptation, adjustment, agreement, align, concord, concurrence, covenant, enrollment, enrolment, fit, line-up, lining-up, negotiation, pact, reconcilement, setting, settlement, smoothing), ajustar (accomodate, adapt, adjust for wear, agree on, attune, bargain, bring into position, close, compromise, contract, fettle, fit, fix, level, make a contract, make up for, Mount, move into position, place, position, put right, put up, rectify, regulate, set, settle, suit, tune). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

adapta (adapt, arrange, dramatize, frame, readjust, regulate, suit, tally), acomoda (accommodate, adapt, conform, suit). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

adattar (to adjust). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

регулировать (attemper, control, govern, rate, readjust, regulate, regulated, temper), выверять (calibrate, reconcile), приспособлять (accommodate, adapt, gear into, readjust), приводить в порядок (arrange, brush up, do up, fix, order, put in order, put into shape, rearrange, set in order, square up, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

gleus (order, prepare, put in trim, put in tune, readiness or preparation), ceartaich (put to rights), beartaich (harness). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

podesiti (bring back, fit, model, modulate, preset, regulate, tune, tune up, zero), doterati (drive, furbish, lick into shape, nidge, polish, regulate, smarten, spruce, straighten out, touch up). (various references)

   

Shona

  

-ruramisa (to adjust). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ajustar (align, bring into position, displace, doctor, engage, fit, impose, make a contract, move into position, position, regulate, seat, set, Square, stagger, suit, tie up, to adjust, to fit, to mount, to set, trim), adaptar (accommodate, accomodate, adapt, affiliate, apply, arrange, attune, fit, fix, German, Italian and Netherlands laws the French and Luxembourg concepts, mount, place, put up, scale, suit, to bring into line second paragraph of Article 4 of the Convention of 27.9.1968 merely brings into line with the Belgian, tune), acomodar (accommodate, accomodate, adapt, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, put up, suit, tune, usher in). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

justera (align, bring into position, configure, end-butting, end-trimming, equalising, equalizing, injure, move into position, overhaul, position, set, to adjust, to align, to fit, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range, trimming), reglera (govern, regularize, regulate, Square), ordna (arrange, arrange for, arranging, array, assort, compose, dispose, do, dress, lay on, put in order, rank, regulate, see, settle, sort). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ayarlamak (arrange, assay, budget, calibrate, collimate, draw up, fix up, gear, justify, lay on, measure, proportion, regularize, regulate, reset, scale, set, Square, standardize, syntonize, time, tone, trim, tune), alıştırmak (accommodate, accustom, addict, attune, break in, condition, conform, dovetail, enure, exercise, familiarize, habituate, harden, inure, regrind, school, season, train), alışmak (acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodate oneself, addict, be in the habit of doing, become inured to, become reconciled to, drop into a habit, get accustomed to smth., get used to, orient oneself, orientate oneself, reconcile oneself to, school oneself to, season, take to), uydurmak (accommodate, adapt, attune, concoct, conform, cook, cook up, dream up, fabricate, fake up, fashion, feign, fib, fit, forge, frame, fudge, gear, improvise, invent, key, make up, manufacture, mint, quadrate, reconcile, romance, spin, Square, square with, suit, syntonize, tailor, talk through one's hat, tally up, tell a fib, trump up, tune, tune up), halletmek (arrange, clear up, compound, dispatch, dispose of, dissolve, figure out, get things done, hurdle, lay on, lick, manage, overcome, polish off, resolve, solve, sort, sort out, Square, surmount, unriddle, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unzip, work out), düzeltmek (ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, clean up, correct, dub, emend, face-lift, fix, grade, grade up, haul up, heal, improve, justify, level, level off, level out, meliorate, mend, plane, planish, polish, polish up, reclaim, rectify, redress, refine, reform, regenerate, remedy, reorganize, right, set aright, slick, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, Spruce, spruce up, Square, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim, try out, unbend, unscramble, upgrade), belirlemek (appoint, assess, assign, condition, decide, define, detect, determine, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, peg, seal, set, set down, settle, single out, slate, specify, state). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

улагоджувати (accommodate, arrange, compose, patch up, reconcile), упорядковувати (arrange, compile, fettle, methodize, normalize, order, put in order, regularize, set in order), розв'язувати (loosen, unbind, undo, unleash, untie), регулювати (condition, govern, regulate, temper), коректувати (correct), настроювати (attune, bias, control, harmonize, string, syntonize, tone, tune), пристосовувати (accommodate, adapt, apply, appropriate, arrange, conform, fit, gear, suit), приганяти (adapt, reseat), припасовувати (dub), давати лад (clear up, reinstate, straighten). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

addasu (adapt, fit, suit), unioni (make for, rectify, straighten), cymhwyso (accommodate, apply). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Adjust

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ad-, adaptare, adapto, apta, aptari, aptas, aptasti, aptata, aptaverunt, aptavit, aptet, ordinabis, ordinabuntur, ordinant, ordinantes, ordinare, ordinasti, ordinata, ordinatae, ordinati, ordinatione, ordinationi, ordinatis, ordinatores, ordinatus, ordinaverunt, ordinavit, ordinem, ordines, praeordinati, praeordinatis, praeordinavit, secunda, secundarium, secundas, secundo. (various references)

Old French900-1400

ajoster. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Adjust

Derivations

Words beginning with "adjust": adjustabilities, adjustability, adjustable, adjusted, adjuster, adjusters, adjusting, adjustive, adjustment, adjustmental, adjustments, adjustor, adjustors, adjusts. (additional references)

Words ending with "adjust": misadjust, readjust. (additional references)

Words containing "adjust": maladjusted, maladjustive, maladjustment, maladjustments, misadjusted, misadjusting, misadjusts, overadjustment, overadjustments, readjustable, readjusted, readjusting, readjustment, readjustments, readjusts, unadjusted. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Adjust" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adhast, adja, adjunt, Adjusta, adous, adus, adusta, ajdayt, ajust, ajut, ajuts, Audrjus, Daoust, daust. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Adjust"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "adjust" (pronounced uju"st)
5u j u" s treadjust.
4-j u" s tjust, unjust.
3-u" s tantitrust, bused, bussed, bust, Combust, crust, cussed, discussed, disgust, distrust, dust, encrust, entrust, fussed, gust, incrust, lust, mistrust, must, nonplussed, robust, rust, thrust, trust.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Adjust

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-j-s-t-u"

-1 letter: adust, dauts, judas.

-2 letters: daut, dust, just, juts, stud, tads, taus, utas.

-3 letters: ads, jus, jut, sad, sat, sau, tad, taj, tas, tau, uta, uts.

-4 letters: ad, as, at, ta, us, ut.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-j-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: adjusts.

 

+2 letters: adjuncts, adjusted, adjuster, adjustor, readjust.

 

+3 letters: adjusters, adjusting, adjustive, adjustors, adjutants, adjuvants, misadjust, readjusts.

 

+4 letters: adjustable, adjustment, coadjutors, juxtaposed, misadjusts, readjusted, subjugated, unadjusted.

 

+5 letters: adjudicates, adjunctions, adjurations, adjustments, adjutancies, judicatures, maladjusted, misadjusted, readjusting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Adjust


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 64 6A 75 73 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -..    .---    ..-    ...    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100100 01101010 01110101 01110011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#100 &#106 &#117 &#115 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0064 006A 0075 0073 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357076878586

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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