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Type Words
Synonyms alteration, modification
Type of change
Has types accommodation, loosening, laxation, tightening, tune, adaptation
Derivation adjust
Type Words
Synonyms allowance
Type of recompense
Has types depreciation allowance, seasonal adjustment, deduction, tare, cost-of-living allowance, discount
Derivation adjust
Type Words
Synonyms adaptation, adaption
Type of organic process, biological process
Has types differentiation, domestication, acclimatization, specialisation, specialization, acclimation, acclimatisation, dedifferentiation
Derivation adjust
Type Words
Synonyms readjustment, registration
Type of standardization, calibration, standardisation
Has types synchronization, synchronizing, temperament, tune-up, alignment, collimation, voicing, synchronisation, synchronising
Derivation adjust
Type Words
Synonyms accommodation, fitting
Type of improvement, advance, betterment
Has types readjustment, habituation, domestication, shakedown
Derivation adjust

Examples of adjustment

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The most difficult adjustment now, Santangelo said, is the distance from family.
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The country's gross domestic product contracted almost 5%, a painful adjustment.
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Cooke is good enough to make that adjustment to his game and still be effective.
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Fronts were lumpy due to too much lumbar bulge and no adjustment to minimize it.
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Lawson said retirement will be an adjustment but won't take long to get used to.
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Of the two, Johnson has faced the more difficult adjustment to college football.
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Second, we do have a tool for easing the adjustment, and that's fiscal stimulus.
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The perceived adjustment necessary to the death of a spouse or divorce declined.
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He'll learn that baseball is a never-ending game of adjustment and readjustment.
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More examples
  • Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
  • Alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  • The act of adjusting something to match a standard
  • Adaptation: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
  • Allowance: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
  • (adjust) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
  • In law, the term adjustment may appear in varied contexts, as a synonym for terms with unrelated definitions: Adjust: quoting BALLENTINE'S LAW DICTIONARY Copyright (c) 1969 Lexis Law Publishing, a division of Reed Elsevier, plc. #. ...
  • A small change; a minor correction; a modification; The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment
  • (adjust) To modify; To improve or rectify; To settle an insurance claim