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adjust: Meaning and Definition of
ad•just
Pronunciation: (u-just'), [key] — v.t.
- to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- to put in good working order; regulate; bring to a proper state or position: to adjust an instrument.
- to settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result: to adjust our differences.
- to determine the amount to be paid in settlement of (a claim).
- to systematize.
- to correct the elevation or deflection of (a gun).
—v.i. - to adapt oneself; become adapted: They had no problems in adjusting at the new school.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.