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adjustment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alteration, modification |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | accommodation, loosening, laxation, tightening, tune, adaptation |
| Derivation | adjust |
adjustment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | allowance |
| Type of | recompense |
| Has types | depreciation allowance, seasonal adjustment, deduction, tare, cost-of-living allowance, discount |
| Derivation | adjust |
adjustment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adaptation, adaption |
| Type of | organic process, biological process |
| Has types | differentiation, domestication, acclimatization, specialisation, specialization, acclimation, acclimatisation, dedifferentiation |
| Derivation | adjust |
adjustment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | readjustment, registration |
| Type of | standardization, calibration, standardisation |
| Has types | synchronization, synchronizing, temperament, tune-up, alignment, collimation, voicing, synchronisation, synchronising |
| Derivation | adjust |
adjustment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| 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.
From the businessweek.com
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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- 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
