readjustment
readjustment
Definition
re·adjust·ment (-mənt)
noun
- a readjusting or being readjusted
- Finance rearrangement of the financial structure of a corporation
- readmission
- readmit
- readmittance
readjustment
Synonyms
readjustment
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- frontier: A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
- relationship: His justice requires readjustment of many unjust relationships in the world.
Converse of object
- require: His justice requires readjustment of many unjust relationships in the world.
- make: A development round would provide the opportunity to make readjustments to ensure that trade rules take better account of the differences between countries.
- need: Occlusions are usually remedied by flushing the tube with tap water; kinking may need readjustment of the tubing.
- involve: It should involve a readjustment of the functioning of the economy.
- see: Whilst the last 6 months have seen a fairly strong readjustment in the market, it's a reduction in the level of increase.
Adjective modifier
- minor: With small changes in lifestyle or minor readjustments to your personal spaces, dramatic reductions in exposure can be achieved.
- painful: Although some companies are going through painful readjustments, unemployment remains low and the need for skilled workers remains strong.
- structural: Many farmers in Africa cannot afford manufactured fertilizer because of the effects of " structural readjustment " policies.
- strategic: We are shaping a socialist market economy and introducing strategic readjustments to the economic structure.
- psychological: There is a psychological readjustment to the change in their self and body image.
- temporary: Unlike other units, You can quickly override the memory by just pulling out any of the 32 control knobs for temporary readjustment.
Modifies a noun
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