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Adjust

//əˈd͡ʒʌst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To modify. transitive

    "Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate."

  2. 2
    adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions wordnet
  3. 3
    To improve or rectify. transitive

    "He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data."

  4. 4
    alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard wordnet
  5. 5
    To settle an insurance claim. transitive
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  1. 6
    make correspondent or conformable wordnet
  2. 7
    To change to fit circumstances. intransitive

    "Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community."

  3. 8
    place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight wordnet
  4. 9
    decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- + just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus; if so, it is a doublet of adjute.

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