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English verb: adjust | |||
| 1. | adjust (change) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | ||
| Samples | Adjust the clock, please. Correct the alignment of the front wheels. | ||
| Synonyms | correct, set | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | align, attune, calibrate, citify, coordinate, decompress, depressurise, depressurize, fine-tune, fit, focalise, focalize, focus, graduate, harmonise, harmonize, justify, linearise, linearize, match, modulate, modulate, ordinate, plumb, pressurise, pressurize, proportion, readjust, reconcile, regulate, reset, set, sharpen, sync, synchronise, synchronize, temper, time, time, trim, tune, tune, tune up, tune up, zero, zero, zero in | ||
| 2. | adjust (change) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | ||
| Samples | Align the car with the curb. Align the sheets of paper on the table. | ||
| Synonyms | align, aline, line up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reorient | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | address, collimate, concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus, realign, realine, synchronise, synchronize, true, true up | ||
| Antonyms | skew | ||
| 3. | adjust (change) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | ||
| Samples | We must adjust to the bad economic situation. | ||
| Synonyms | adapt, conform | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize, assimilate, focalise, focalize, focus, match, obey, readapt, readapt, readjust, square | ||
| 4. | adjust (change) make correspondent or conformable | ||
| Samples | Adjust your eyes to the darkness. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accommodate, adapt | ||
| 5. | adjust (cognition) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle | ||
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