adjust

Verb

Meaning

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.

To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.

To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

set change settle accommodate modify regulate adapt arrange align suit improve correct fit reform alter
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Antonyms

palmyra muller mar nix scotch euchre
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Hypernyms

change decide settle accommodate resolve alter

Hyponyms

time set true square plumb address

Phrases with the word

adjust to ability to adjust to a new situation adjust in accordance adjust the focus ability to adjust to a difficult conditions adjust to the margin

Derivatives

adjusted adjusting

Examples

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. Arthur C. Clarke

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint. Denis Diderot

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. German Proverb

You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails. German Proverb

When the rooster crows off the hour, don't hesitate to adjust the time. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

adjurer adjuring adjuror adjust a mistake adjust an error adjust an mistake