adjust
pronunciation
How to pronounce adjust in British English:
UK [əˈdʒʌst]
How to pronounce adjust in American English:
US [əˈdʒʌst]
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- Verb:
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- make correspondent or conformable
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
Word Origin
- adjust
- adjust: see just
- adjust (v.)
- late 14c., ajusten, "to correct, remedy;" reborrowed by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Middle French adjuster, Old French ajouter "to join" (12c.), from Late Latin adiuxtare "to bring near," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuxta "next," related to iungere "to join" (see jugular). Influenced by folk etymology derivation from Latin iustus "just, equitable, fair." Meaning "to arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing)" is from 1660s. Insurance sense is from 1755. Meaning "to get used to" first recorded 1924. Related: Adjusted; adjusting.
Example
- 1. We want china to adjust its currency .
- 2. The ecb should give its overindebted members room to adjust .
- 3. When economic downturn came , they had to adjust .
- 4. That requires more number-crunching to adjust for seasonal differences but quickly reveals changes in performance .
- 5. It means you have to adjust .