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adjust
(/@/'/dZ//@/st )

verb (v)

  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard(verb.change)
    Example:
    Adjust the clock, please.
    Synonym:
    correct, set
    source: wordnet30
  • place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    align, aline, line up
    Antonym:
    skew
    source: wordnet30
  • adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions(verb.change)
    Example:
    We must adjust to the bad economic situation.
    Synonym:
    adapt, conform
    source: wordnet30
  • make correspondent or conformable(verb.change)
    Example:
    Adjust your eyes to the darkness.
    source: wordnet30
  • decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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