Dictionary

adjust en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈd͡ʒɐst/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /əˈd͡ʒɛst/ (dialectal)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- + just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus; if so, it is a doublet of adjute.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To modify.
   • As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. 2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
   • Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.
2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
   • But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short. 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
   • He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.
3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
   • Murder is dealt with by the law of blood-revenge, but the innocent manslayer may seek asylum at God's altar. With murder are ranked man-stealing, offences against parents, and witchcraft. Other injuries are occasions of self-help or of private suits to be adjusted at the sanctuary. 1892, W. Robertson Smith, The Old Testament in the Jewish Church, page 340:
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
   • She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.
   • Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.

Forms

Deriveds

underadjust · misadjust · adjustage · maladjust · adjuster · readjust · adjustive · adjustability · nonadjusting · quality-adjusted life year · autoadjust · adjustor · preadjust · adjustable · overadjust · self-adjusting · microadjust · disadjust · adjustment · well-adjusted · adjusting entry · coadjust

Descendants

アジャスト

Synonyms

set (to modify something) · measure (to modify something) · accommodate · change (to modify something) · edit (to modify something) · modify (to modify something)

Translations (114)

nl aanpassen (to modify) · es compaginar (to modify) · eo akomodiĝi (to change to fit circumstances) · pt ajustar (to modify) · de geringfügig ändern (to modify) · eo adaptiĝi (to change to fit circumstances) · hu hozzáigazít (to modify) · fi sopeuttaa (to modify) · de abstimmen (to modify) · it regolare (to modify) · gv cochiartee (to modify) · de nachbessern (to improve or rectify) · eo ĝustigi (to improve or rectify) · ru отрегули́ровать (to modify) · de anpassen (to modify) · pl dostosować (to modify) · fi muuttaa (to modify) · pl poprawiać (to improve or rectify) · ja 調整する (to modify) · sv justera (to modify) · bg оправям (to improve or rectify) · hu alkalmazkodik (to change to fit circumstances) · nl verstellen (to modify) · de eingewöhnen (to change to fit circumstances) · he כוונן (to improve or rectify) · sv inställa (to modify) · he התאים (to change to fit circumstances) · bg нагаждам (to change to fit circumstances) · cmn 適應 /适应 (to change to fit circumstances) · nl aanpassen (to improve or rectify) · hu korrigál (to improve or rectify) · sv anpassa (to modify) · he כוונן (to modify) · kk реттеу (to modify) · de einfügen (to change to fit circumstances) · fi korvata (to settle an insurance claim) · sv avpassa (to modify) · no korrigere (to improve or rectify) · ro ajusta (to improve or rectify) · es aforar (to improve or rectify) · it adattare (to modify) · he תיקן (to improve or rectify) · vi điều chỉnh (to modify) · eo alĝustigi (to improve or rectify) · no justere (to improve or rectify) · hu elintéz (to settle an insurance claim) · eo akomodi (to modify) · hu illeszt (to modify) · nl herzien (to improve or rectify) · ru регули́ровать (to modify) · hu hozzáilleszt (to modify) · es ajustar (to modify) · ca ajustar (to modify) · de leicht abändern (to modify) · el ρυθμίζω (to modify) · de berichtigen (to improve or rectify) · pt enquadrar (to change to fit circumstances) · gv kiartee (to modify) · bg приспособявам (to modify) · hu kiigazít (to improve or rectify) · fi sopeutua (to change to fit circumstances) · hu rendez (to settle an insurance claim) · it regolare (to improve or rectify) · de ausrichten (to modify) · bo སྙོམ་སྒྲིག་བྱེད (to change to fit circumstances) · no stille (to modify) · ga ceartaigh (to improve or rectify) · el διευθετώ (to settle an insurance claim) · he התאים (to modify) · it adeguare (to modify) · hu helyesbít (to improve or rectify) · de etwas verstellen (to modify) · he התאים (to improve or rectify) · pl poprawić (to improve or rectify) · cy addasu (to modify) · ro ajusta (to modify) · fi muuttaa (to improve or rectify) · pl dostosowywać (to modify) · de einleben (to change to fit circumstances) · ru настра́ивать (to modify) · es cohonestar (to modify) · la adapto (to modify) · cmn 調整 /调整 (to modify) · es hacer ajustes (to improve or rectify) · bo བཅས་བཅོས་བྱེད (to modify) · la accommodō (to modify) · gv kiartee (to improve or rectify) · bg нагласявам (to modify) · sv ställa in (to modify) · fi muokata (to modify) · de justieren (to modify) · bo བཅས་བཅོས་བྱེད (to improve or rectify) · fr ajuster (to improve or rectify) · es acompasar (to improve or rectify) · es ajustar (to improve or rectify) · ro regla (to modify) · no justere (to modify) · hu beállít (to modify) · sv modifiera (to modify) · ru подстра́ивать (to improve or rectify) · fr ajuster (to modify) · fi mukauttaa (to modify) · de anpassen (to change to fit circumstances) · pt ajustar (to improve or rectify) · ro potrivi (to modify) · ru настро́ить (to modify) · hu igazít (to modify) · cs upravit (to modify) · ru подстро́ить (to improve or rectify) · nl verbeteren (to improve or rectify) · mi whakarerekē (to modify) · el προσαρμόζω (to improve or rectify) · eo adapti (to modify) · io ajustar (to modify)