adjustment
Academic Word List, sublist 5.
About 20.88 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The action of adjusting something.
- noun The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
- noun The settling or balancing of a financial account.
The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
- noun The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.
- noun The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.
Similar words
fitting alteration adaptation modification readjustment allowance registration accommodation adjusting adjust
Often followed by
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Word family
adjust adjusted adjusting adjustmental adjustments adjusts
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