adjust

v.

1. To bring into agreement

   change, modify, alter, adapt, accommodate, settle, arrange, reconcile, conform, resolve, coordinate, regulate, harmonize, acclimate, accustom, get used to, acclimatize, habituate, accord, attune, rectify, patch up, arbitrate, mediate, redress, set right, put to rights, straighten, standardize, make correspond, gear to, make jibe*; see also accommodate 2.

2. To settle a claim

   make an adjustment, make payment, arrange a settlement; see settle 9.

3. To place or regulate parts

   regulate, set, repair, fix, put in order, tune, tune up, fine-tune, calibrate, synchronize, customize, connect, square, balance, stabilize, tighten, fit, focus, tailor, readjust, rectify, correct, mend, improve, overhaul, grind, sharpen, renovate, collate, bring into line, align, put in working order, temper, service, do a repair job, trouble-shoot, tweak*, revamp*, put in A-1 condition*.

adjust implies the bringing of things into proper relation through the use of skill or judgment to adjust brakes, to adjust differences; adapt implies a modification to suit new conditions and suggests flexibility to adapt oneself to a new environment; accommodate implies a subordinating of one thing to the needs of another and suggests concession or compromise he accommodated his walk to the halting steps of his friend; conform means to bring into or act in harmony with some standard pattern, principle, etc. to conform to specifications