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What (who) is Adjust - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Adjust; Electric adjustment; Adjusted; Adjustment (disambiguation)
adjust
¦ verb
1. alter (something) slightly in order to achieve a correct or desired result.
adapt or become used to a new situation.
2. assess (loss or damages) when settling an insurance claim.
Derivatives
adjustability noun
adjustable adjective
adjuster noun
adjustment noun
Origin
C17: from obs. Fr. adjuster, from OFr. ajoster 'to approximate', based on L. ad- 'to' + juxta 'near'.
adjust
v. a.
1.
Arrange, dispose, rectify, trim, put or set in order, put or set to rights, put in tune, put in good or proper trim.
2.
Regulate, set.
3.
Settle, compose, pacify, reconcile, make up.
4.
Fit, adapt, suit, proportion, accommodate, measure, make conform, make conformable (followed by to or with).
Adjust
·vt To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
II. Adjust ·vt To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
III. Adjust ·vt To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
IV. Adjust ·vt 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.
Wikipedia
Adjustment
Adjustment may refer to:
- Adjustment (law), with several meanings
- Adjustment (psychology), the process of balancing conflicting needs
- Adjustment of observations, in mathematics, a method of solving an overdetermined system of equations
- Calibration, in metrology
- Spinal adjustment, in chiropractic practice
- In statistics, compensation for confounding variables
Examples of use of Adjust
1. You can adjust to his weaknesses and he can adjust to yours.
2. "They smugglers constantly adjust their tactics to us, as fast as we adjust to them," Coast Guard Lt.
3. As to war critics, Bush said, "my message to the critics is, we listen very carefully, and we adjust when needed to adjust."
4. Gates, he said, believes "you can‘t be afraid to adjust your action to adjust to the realities on the ground." Sen.
5. Hall said she has had to adjust her expectations.