Adjust Adjusted əˈdʒʌst Adjusting Verb Bre Watch Sharp

• watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.
• this button is for adjusting the volume.
• the brakes need to be adjusted.
• adjust your language to the age of your audience.

adjust

1. to change something slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better
• Watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.
• This button is for adjusting the volume.
• The brakes need to be adjusted.
• Adjust your language to the age of your audience.
2. to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and/or think
• synonym adapt
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• They'll be fine—they just need time to adjust.
• After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark.
• It took her a while to adjust to living alone.
• It can be difficult to adjust to being a parent.
• You'll quickly adjust yourself to student life.
• My eyes were still trying to adjust themselves to the strong sunlight.
3. to move something slightly so that it looks neater or feels more comfortable
• see also well adjusted
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• He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie.

Extra Examples

• Children are sensitive to family attitudes and adjust their attitudes accordingly.
• It is important to have equipment that can be finely adjusted.
• It may take a little time to adjust to the climate here.
• Salaries are adjusted for inflation.
• She will gradually adjust to her new role.
• This estimate may have to be adjusted downwards.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they adjust
• he / she / it adjusts
• past simple adjusted
• past participle adjusted
• -ing form adjusting

Word Origin

• early 17th cent. (in the senses ‘harmonize discrepancies’ and ‘assess loss or damages’): from obsolete French adjuster, from Old French ajoster ‘to approximate’, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + juxta ‘near’.