adjustment
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noun1 small change madeADJECTIVE▪ delicate, fine, minor, slight, small▪ important, major, significant▪ appropriate, necessary▪ automatic▪ financialVERB + ADJUSTMENT▪ make▪
The mechanic made the necessary adjustments to the engine.
▪ need, require▪The dosage may need adjustment to suit the individual.
PREPOSITION▪ adjustment for▪a cut of 1.5% in real terms (after adjustment for inflation)
▪ adjustment in▪adjustments in the exchange rates
▪ adjustment to▪a few minor adjustments to the schedule
2 process of changingADJECTIVE▪ successful▪ emotional, personal, socialPREPOSITION▪ adjustment to▪The company's adjustment to the new markets has been successful.
PHRASES▪ a period of adjustment▪There was a long period of adjustment under the new boss.
▪ the process of adjustment▪The process of adjustment to life in another country can be very difficult.
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adjustment — ad‧just‧ment [əˈdʒʌstmənt] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. a change that is made to something in order to correct or improve it: • We have made an adjustment to our target. • Grants are to be slashed by 33%, after adjustment for inflation. ˌcost … Financial and business terms
adjustment — I noun abatement of differences, accommodatio, accommodation, accord, accordance, adaptation, agreement, arrangement, attunement, bargain, binding agreement, coaptation, compact, composition, compromise, concurrence, conformance, conformation,… … Law dictionary
Adjustment — Ad*just ment ( ment), n. [Cf. F. ajustement. See {Adjust}.] 1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. [1913 Webster] Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjustment — [n1] adaptation acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, fitting, fixing, improvement, mending, modification, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating,… … New thesaurus
adjustment — [ə just′mənt] n. 1. an adjusting or being adjusted 2. a means or device by which parts are adjusted to one another [the adjustment on a micrometer] 3. the settlement of how much is to be paid in cases of loss or claim, as by insurance 4. a… … English World dictionary
Adjustment — (from late Latin ad juxtare , derived from juxta , near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from Justus , right), regulating, adapting or settling; in commercial law, the settlement of a loss incurred on insured goods. The… … Wikipedia
Adjustment — (engl., spr. adjoßtment), die Bestimmung des von einem Versicherten erlittenen Seeschadens od. Verlustes … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
adjustment — (n.) 1640s, from Fr. ajustement or else a native formation from ADJUST (Cf. adjust) (v.) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
adjustment — n. 1) to make an adjustment 2) an adjustment in, of (an adjustment in/of his salary; an adjustment of the brakes) 3) an adjustment to (an adjustment to a new environment) * * * [ə dʒʌstmənt] of (an adjustment in/of his salary; an adjustment of… … Combinatory dictionary
adjustment — ad|just|ment [əˈdʒʌstmənt] n [U and C] 1.) a small change made to a machine, system, or calculation adjustment for ▪ Once we make the adjustments for inflation, the fall in interest rates is quite small. adjustment to ▪ a slight adjustment to the … Dictionary of contemporary English
