'adjust' definitions:
Definition of 'adjust'
(from WordNet)
verb
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct]
verb
Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up, adjust] [ant: skew]
verb
Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust, conform, adapt]
verb
Make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
verb
Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
Synonyms of 'adjust'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- accept,
- acclimate,
- acclimatize,
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accord,
- accustom,
- adapt,
- adapt to,
- addict,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- agree with,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- arbitrate,
- arrange,
- arrange matters,
- assimilate,
- assimilate to,
- assuage,
- attune,
- balance,
- be guided by,
- bend,
- better,
- box in,
- break,
- break in,
- break up,
- bring to terms,
- bring together,
- bulk,
- button up,
- cancel,
- capacitate,
- case harden,
- change,
- chart,
- chime in with,
- circumscribe,
- close,
- close up,
- close with,
- codify,
- compensate,
- comply,
- comply with,
- compose,
- compound,
- compromise,
- conclude,
- condition,
- condone,
- confirm,
- conform,
- convert,
- coordinate,
- cop out,
- correct,
- correspond,
- countenance,
- counterbalance,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- cut to,
- deform,
- denature,
- diminish,
- discipline,
- diversify,
- domesticate,
- domesticize,
- duck responsibility,
- enable,
- enlarge,
- equalize,
- equate,
- equip,
- establish,
- evade responsibility,
- even,
- even up,
- fall in with,
- familiarize,
- fasten up,
- fit,
- fix,
- fix up,
- follow,
- furnish,
- gauge,
- gear to,
- gentle,
- get used to,
- give and take,
- give way,
- go by,
- go fifty-fifty,
- grade,
- graduate,
- grin and abide,
- group,
- habituate,
- harden,
- harmonize,
- heal the breach,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- housebreak,
- improve,
- integrate,
- inure,
- key to,
- leaven,
- let go by,
- let pass,
- level,
- limit,
- make a deal,
- make an adjustment,
- make concessions,
- make conform,
- make peace,
- make plumb,
- make right,
- make uniform,
- make up,
- match,
- measure,
- mediate,
- meet,
- meet halfway,
- meliorate,
- methodize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mold,
- mutate,
- narrow,
- naturalize,
- normalize,
- obey,
- observe,
- order,
- organize,
- orient,
- orient the map,
- orientate,
- overlook,
- overthrow,
- palliate,
- patch things up,
- patch up,
- plan,
- play politics,
- poise,
- proportion,
- put in order,
- put in trim,
- put in tune,
- put right,
- put to rights,
- quadrate,
- qualify,
- range,
- rank,
- rationalize,
- re-create,
- reach a compromise,
- realign,
- rearrange,
- rebuild,
- reconcile,
- reconstruct,
- rectify,
- redesign,
- redress,
- reduce,
- refit,
- reform,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- regulate by,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- resolve,
- restore harmony,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restructure,
- reunite,
- revamp,
- revive,
- rig,
- right,
- ring the changes,
- rise above,
- routinize,
- rub off corners,
- season,
- set,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- set right,
- set to rights,
- settle,
- settle differences,
- settle with,
- shape,
- shift the scene,
- shrug,
- shrug it off,
- shuffle the cards,
- similarize,
- size,
- smooth it over,
- soften,
- sort,
- split the difference,
- square,
- stabilize,
- standardize,
- steady,
- straighten,
- straighten out,
- strike a balance,
- strike a bargain,
- submit to,
- subvert,
- suit,
- surrender,
- sync,
- synchronize,
- systematize,
- tailor,
- take the mean,
- take to,
- tally with,
- tame,
- temper,
- train,
- trim,
- trim to,
- true,
- true up,
- tune,
- tune up,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- vary,
- weave peace between,
- wont,
- work a change,
- work out,
- worsen,
- yield,
- yield to,
- zip up