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