Dictionary Entry
adjust
adjust is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
- 3transitive verb
To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
- 4transitive verb
To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
- 5verb
adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
"We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- 6verb
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
"Adjust the clock, please"
"correct the alignment of the front wheels"
- 7verb
make correspondent or conformable
"Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
- 8verb
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
"align the car with the curb"
"align the sheets of paper on the table"
- 9verb
decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
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