EGAVE

adjust

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 10.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To modify.
    Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.
  2. verb To improve or rectify.
    He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.
  3. verb To settle an insurance claim.
  4. verb To change to fit circumstances.
    Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.

Similar words

adapt align conform line up set aline adjustment fine-tune adaptable fitting

Often followed by

the to their for themselves your his its and

Word family

adjustabilities adjustability adjustable adjusted adjusting adjustive adjustment adjustments adjusts

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