Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1noun
The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
- 2noun
Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
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- 5noun
the act of adjusting something to match a standard
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- 6noun
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
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- 7noun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
"an allowance for profit"
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- 8noun
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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