English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
adjust + -ment (But see also French ajustement).
Pronunciation [edit]
adjustment (plural adjustments)
- a small change; a minor correction; a modification
- The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
- 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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Translations [edit]
small change
- Arabic: ضبط (ar) (ḍabṭ) m
- Basque: egokitze (eu)
- Bulgarian: нагласяване (bg) n (naglasjavane), приспособяване (bg) n (prisposobjavane), настройка (bg) f (nastrojka)
- Catalan: ajust (ca) m, ajustment (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 調整 (cmn), 调整 (cmn) (tiáozhěng)
- Czech: přizpůsobení (cs), úprava (cs)
- Danish: justering (da) c, tilpasning (da) c
- Dutch: aanpassing (nl) c, bijstelling (nl) c
- Esperanto: adapto (eo), akomodo (eo), alĝustigo (eo), ĝustigo (eo)
- Finnish: säätö (fi), hienosäätö (fi)
- French: ajustement (fr) m, arèglement (fr) m
- German: Anpassung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f
- Greek: διευθέτηση (el) (diefθétisi) f , ρύθμιση (el) (ríiθmisi) f , προσαρμογή (el) (prosarmogí) f , διαβάθμηση (el) (diaváθmisi) f
- Guaraní: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m
- Hungarian: beállítás (hu)
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- Interlingua: adjustamento
- Irish: gabháil (ga) m
- Italian: adattamento (it) m, inserimento (it) m
- Japanese: 調整 (ja) (ちょうせい, chōsei), 調節 (ja) (ちょうせつ, chōsetsu)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Kyrgyz: жөнгө салуу (ky) (cöngö saluu), ыңгайлаштыруу (ky) (ıñgaylaştıruu), ылайыктоо (ky) (ılayıktoo)
- Latin: accommodātiō (la) f
- Polish: ustawienie (pl) n, regulacja (pl) f
- Portuguese: ajustamento m, ajuste m
- Russian: приспосабливание (ru) (prisposáblivanije) , регулировка (ru) (reguliróvka) f , настройка (ru) (nastrójka) f , юстировка (ru) (justiróvka) f
- Slovak: prispôsobenie (sk) n, úprava (sk) 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
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(psychology) The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment
See also [edit]
Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
