adjustment

adjustment is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 25 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
2. noun. Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
3. noun. The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.
4. noun. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

   Synonyms: alteration, modification

5. noun. the act of adjusting something to match a standard

   Synonyms: readjustment, registration

6. noun. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

   Synonyms: accommodation, fitting

7. noun. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

   "an allowance for profit"

   Synonyms: allowance

8. noun. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

   Synonyms: adaptation, adaption

Synonyms

alteration, modification, readjustment, registration, accommodation, fitting, allowance, adaptation, adaption

Common word forms

adjustments, adjustmental

Words from these letters

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