adjust
adjust definition
ad·just (ə just′)
transitive verb
- to change so as to fit, conform, make suitable, etc.
- to make accurate by regulating to adjust a watch
- to settle or arrange rightly to adjust accounts
- to resolve or bring into accord to adjust differences
- to decide how much is to be paid in settling (an insurance claim)
- Mil. to correct (the gun sight, one's aim, etc.) in firing
Etymology: ME ajusten < OFr ajoster, to join < a-, to + joster (see joust); infl. by OFr juste < L justus, just
intransitive verb
to come into conformity, as with one's surroundings; become suited, as to one's associates, circumstances, etc.
Related Forms:
- adjustable ad·just′·able adjective
- adjuster ad·just′er noun or adjustor ad·jus′·tor
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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