adjust

English

Etymology

From Middle French adjuster, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (justus, “correct, proper, exact”)

Verb

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.

   Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.

2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.

   He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.

3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

   Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.

   She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.

Synonyms

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify

Derived terms

terms derived from adjust

adjustable adjuster

adjustment readjust

Translations

to modify

• Bulgarian: нагласявам (bg) (naglasjavam), приспособявам (bg) (prisposobjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調整 (cmn), 调整 (cmn) (tiáozhěng)

• Czech: upravit (cs)
• Dutch: aanpassen (nl), verstellen (nl)
• Finnish: mukauttaa
• French: ajuster (fr)
• German: anpassen (de)

• Greek: ρυθμίζω (el) (rythmízo)
• Japanese: 調整する (ja) (ちょうせいする, chōsei suru)
• Norwegian: justere (no), stille (no)
• Polish: dostosowywać (pl) / dostosować
• Romanian: ajusta (ro), potrivi (ro), regla (ro)
• Russian: регулировать (ru) (regulírovatʹ) impf., отрегулировать (ru) (otregulírovatʹ) pf., настраивать (ru) (nastráivatʹ) impf., настроить (ru) (nastróitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: ajustar (es), arreglar (es), regular (es)
• Welsh: addasu (cy)

to improve or rectify

• Bulgarian: оправям (bg) (opravjam)
• Dutch: aanpassen (nl), herzien (nl), verbeteren (nl)
• Esperanto: alĝustigi (eo)
• German: berichtigen (de)
• Greek: προσαρμόζω (el) (prosarmózo)

• Italian: regolare (it)
• Norwegian: justere (no), korrigere (no)
• Polish: poprawić (pl)
• Russian: подстраивать (ru) (podstráivatʹ) impf., подстроить (ru) (podstróitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: ajustar (es)

to settle an insurance claim

• Greek: διευθετώ (el) (diefthetó)

to change to fit circumstances

• Spanish: adaptar (es) (pronominal)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ajuster
• Japanese: 調節する (chōsetsu suru)

• Korean: 조정하다
• Slovene: nastaviti
• Vietnamese: điều chỉnh, chỉnh lại, sửa

External links

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Adjustment