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English noun: adjustment | |||
| 1. | adjustment (event) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | ||
| Synonyms | accommodation, fitting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, betterment, improvement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | domestication, habituation, readjustment, shakedown | ||
| 2. | adjustment (act) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
| Synonyms | alteration, modification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accommodation, adaptation, laxation, loosening, tightening, tune | ||
| 3. | adjustment (act) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | ||
| Synonyms | readjustment, registration | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calibration, standardisation, standardization | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alignment, collimation, synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing, temperament, tune-up, voicing | ||
| 4. | adjustment (process) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | ||
| Synonyms | adaptation, adaption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acclimation, acclimatisation, acclimatization, dedifferentiation, differentiation, domestication, specialisation, specialization | ||
| 5. | adjustment (possession) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | ||
| Samples | An allowance for profit. | ||
| Synonyms | allowance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | recompense | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cost-of-living allowance, deduction, depreciation allowance, discount, seasonal adjustment, tare | ||
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