adjustment

English

Etymology

adjust +‎ -ment (But see also French ajustement}

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈdʒʌst.mənt/, SAMPA: /@"dZVst.m@nt/

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Noun

adjustment (plural adjustments)

1. a small change; a minor correction; a modification

   The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.

2. The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.

   When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.

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Synonyms

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• change
• correction
• modification

Related terms

• adjustable
• adjuster

Translations

small change

Arabic: ضبط (ḍabṭ) m. Basque: egokitze (eu) Bulgarian: нагласяване (bg), приспособяване (bg), настройка (bg) Catalan: ajust (ca) m., ajustment (ca) m. Danish: justering (da) c., tilpasning (da) c. Dutch: aanpassing f., bijregeling f. Esperanto: adapto (eo), akomodo (eo), alĝustigo (eo), ĝustigo (eo) Finnish: säätö (fi), hienosäätö (fi) French: ajustement m., arèglement m. German: Anpassung (de) f. Greek: διευθέτηση (diefθétisi) f., ρύθμιση (ríiθmisi) f., προσαρμογή (prosarmogí) f., διαβάθμηση (diaváθmisi) f. Guaraní: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m. Hungarian: beállítás (hu)

Interlingua: adjustamento Italian: adattamento (it) m., inserimento (it) m. Japanese: 調整 (chōsei); 調節 (chōsetsu) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: accommodātiō (la) f. Polish: ustawienie n., regulacja f. Portuguese: ajustamento m., ajuste m. Russian: юстировка (ru) (justiróvka) f. Slovene: popravek m. Spanish: ajuste (es) m., modificación (es) f. Swedish: justering (sv) c. Telugu: సర్దుబాటు Tupinambá: please add this translation if you can Turkish: ayarlama (tr), ayar (tr) Welsh: cyweiriad (cy) m.

(psychology) The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment

Russian: адаптация (ru) f.

See also

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia