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verb

Adjust v. t. (past & past part. adjusted; pres. part. adjusting)

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.

To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. "Adjusting the orthography."

To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.

Synonyms: To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle.

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Etymology of 'Adjust'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Adjust" Quotes from Famous Books

... avoided the encounter you might have said among yourselves: 'Here is one who shuns our gaze. This, perchance, is he who of late has lurked within the shadow of our backs to bear away our labour.' Not to create this unworthy suspicion I freely came among you, for, as the Ancient Wisdom says: 'Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat ...

— Kai Lung's Golden Hours • Ernest Bramah

... gravely. Then added, with a smile, "Mr. Whitney has his own preconceived ideas of the case and tries to adapt the circumstances to suit them, when, in reality, one must first ascertain whatever facts are available and adjust ...

— That Mainwaring Affair • Maynard Barbour

... much worse off than Alice. In her story all the cards came to life, and though the unexpectedness of their behaviour made things difficult for her there was a certain consistency about the whole business. A card player might in time adjust himself to a game played with cards which possessed wills of their own. But poor Clithering had to play with a pack in which one suit only, and it not even the trump suit, suddenly insisted that the game was a reality. The other three suits, ...

— The Red Hand of Ulster • George A. Birmingham

... stood up, held out his hand. "I'm sorry, major, believe me. This is a hard blow to take and I wouldn't care to be on the receiving end, myself. But you'll adjust. If you like, I'll recommend you for convalescent leave. You understand, of course," the psychiatrist went on, "that we expect you to keep tight-lipped. Our hype-classes are still too small. We need a lot of sharp men, and they have to be volunteers. ...

— Next Door, Next World • Robert Donald Locke

... publicly notorious, but Carnegie and Morgan on the surface, and "Standard Oil" beneath, were so busy preparing their alibis against the crash which even then was overdue that they had neither time nor desire to adjust ...

— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson

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