Verb
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 dictionaryThe 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