English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From French ajustement adjust -ment
Pronunciation [ edit ] adjustment (countable and uncountable plural adjustments
The action of adjusting something
The result of adjusting something; a small change ; a minor correction ; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
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.
The assessment , by an insurance company, of a claim ; the settlement of such a claim Synonyms [ edit ]
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Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] action of adjusting
Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f ( nastrójka )
Dutch: aanpassen (nl) n
Finnish: säätäminen (fi) , säätö (fi)
German: Anpassen n geringfügiges Ändern n
Hungarian: beállítás (hu) , szabályozás (hu) , hangolás (hu) , finombeállítás finomhangolás (hu) , igazítás (hu) , kiigazítás (hu) , korrigálás (hu) , helyesbítés (hu) , módosítás (hu) , változtatás (hu)
Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (ml) ( kramīkaraṇaṁ )
Manx: kiartagh m cochiartagh m
Maori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justering m or f
Nynorsk: justering f
Vietnamese: sự điều chỉnh
result of adjusting, small change
Arabic: ضَبْط (ar) m ( ḍabṭ )
Basque: egokitze
Bulgarian: нагласяване (bg) n ( naglasjavane ) , приспособяване (bg) n ( prisposobjavane ) , настройка (bg) f ( nastrojka )
Catalan: ajust (ca) m ajustament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 調整 ／ 调整 (zh) ( tiáozhěng )
Czech: přizpůsobení (cs) , úprava (cs)
Danish: justering c tilpasning (da) c
Dutch: aanpassing (nl) c bijstelling (nl) c
Esperanto: adapto akomodo alĝustigo ĝustigo
Finnish: säätö (fi) , hienosäätö
French: ajustement (fr) m arèglement m
German: Anpassung (de) f Regulierung (de) f geringfügige Änderung f
Greek: διευθέτηση (el) f ( diefthétisi ) , ρύθμιση (el) f ( rýthmisi ) , προσαρμογή (el) f ( prosarmogí ) , διαβάθμηση f ( diaváthmisi )
Guaraní: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m
Hungarian: beállítás (hu) , módosítás (hu) , kiigazítás (hu) , igazítás (hu) , változtatás (hu) , korrekció (hu) , revízió (hu) , korrigálás (hu) , helyesbítés (hu)
Interlingua: adjustamento
Irish: gabháil m ceartú m inleadh 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) ( jöngö saluu ) , ыңгайлаштыруу (ky) ( ıŋgaylaştıruu ) , ылайыктоо ( ılayıktoo )
Latin: accommodātiō f
Maori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justering m or f
Nynorsk: justering f
Polish: ustawienie (pl) n regulacja (pl) f
Portuguese: ajustamento m ajuste (pt) m
Romanian: ajustare (ro) f acomodare (ro) f
Russian: приспоса́бливание (ru) ( prisposáblivanije ) , регулиро́вка (ru) f ( reguliróvka ) , настро́йка (ru) f ( nastrójka ) , юстиро́вка (ru) f ( justiróvka )
Slovak: prispôsobenie n úprava f
Slovene: popravek m
Spanish: ajuste (es) m modificación (es) f
Swedish: justering (sv) c
Telugu: సర్దుబాటు ( sardubāṭu )
Tupinambá: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ayarlama (tr) , ayar (tr)
Welsh: cyweiriad m
settling or balancing of a financial account
process of balancing conflicting needs
assessment or settlement by an insurance company
See also [ edit ] 
adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 