adjustment

adjustment
noun
1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances (Freq. 5)
• Syn: ↑accommodation, ↑fitting
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fit (for: ↑fitting), ↑accommodate (for: ↑accommodation), ↑adjust
• Hypernyms: ↑improvement, ↑betterment, ↑advance
• Hyponyms: ↑readjustment, ↑domestication, ↑habituation, ↑shakedown
2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑alteration, ↑modification
• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust, ↑modify (for: ↑modification), ↑alter (for: ↑alteration)
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Hyponyms: ↑loosening, ↑laxation, ↑tightening, ↑accommodation, ↑adaptation, ↑tune
3. the act of adjusting something to match a standard (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑registration, ↑readjustment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑register (for: ↑registration), ↑adjust
• Hypernyms: ↑calibration, ↑standardization, ↑standardisation
• Hyponyms:
4. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
• Syn: ↑adaptation, ↑adaption
• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust, ↑adapt (for: ↑adaption), ↑adapt (for: ↑adaptation)
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
• Hyponyms:
5. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
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an allowance for profit

• Syn: ↑allowance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust
• Hypernyms: ↑recompense

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