ad|just|ment

ad|just|ment
ad|just|ment «uh JUHST muhnt», noun.
1. a changing to make fit; setting right to fit some standard or purpose: »

The adjustment of the seats to the right height for the children was necessary for their comfort.

2. a means of adjusting; a regulating device: »

A television set has an adjustment so that we can make the sound loud or soft.

3. a settlement: »

Try to make some adjustment of your differences so that you can work together without quarreling.

4. an orderly arrangement of parts or elements: »

the adjustment of the works of a watch.

5. Psychology. a) the process by which a person or animal adapts himself to the natural or social conditions around him. b) the condition or relationship thus obtained: »

The city dwellers quickly made an adjustment to village life.

6. a reduction in the selling price of an article because of slight damage.
7. Bookkeeping. the correction of an account, especially an entry made at the end of a period to bring it up to date.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • co´ad|just´ment — co|ad|just «KOH uh JUHST», transitive verb. to adjust mutually, or each to the other. –co´ad|just´ment, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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  • self-ad|just|ment — «SEHLF uh JUHST muhnt», noun. adjustment of oneself or itself: »Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes sagely commented that when competent men engage in speculation, it is “the self adjustment of society to the probable” (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

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  • re´ad|just´er — re|ad|just «REE uh JUHST», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to adjust again; arrange again: »the day hospital…for patients who…need help in readjusting to the world at large (Time). –re´ad|just´er, noun. –re´ad|just´ment, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • re|ad|just — «REE uh JUHST», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to adjust again; arrange again: »the day hospital…for patients who…need help in readjusting to the world at large (Time). –re´ad|just´er, noun. –re´ad|just´ment, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • co|ad|just — «KOH uh JUHST», transitive verb. to adjust mutually, or each to the other. –co´ad|just´ment, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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