adjustment
a device, as a knob or lever, for adjusting: the adjustments on a television set.
the act of bringing something into conformity with external requirements: the adjustment of one's view of reality.
harmony achieved by modification or change of a position: They worked out an adjustment of their conflicting ideas.
Sociology. a process of modifying, adapting, or altering individual or collective patterns of behavior so as to bring them into conformity with other such patterns, as with those provided by a cultural environment.
Insurance. the act of ascertaining the amount of indemnity that the party insured is entitled to receive under the policy, and of settling the claim.
a settlement of a disputed account or claim.
a change or concession, as in price or other terms, in view of minor defect or the like.
Origin of adjustment
1Other words from adjustment
- ad·just·ment·al [uh-juhst-men-tl], /ə dʒʌstˈmɛn tl/, adjective
- mis·ad·just·ment, noun
- non·ad·just·ment, noun
- o·ver·ad·just·ment, noun
- pre·ad·just·ment, noun
- un·der·ad·just·ment, noun
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How to use adjustment in a sentence
Expectations need to be realistic; recovery from TBIs is never an easy road, and permanent, life-changing adjustments happen.
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury | Jean Kim | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are many potential areas for deal-making—trade, corporate tax reform, modest ACA adjustments, and more.
Can Obama and a Republican Senate Find Common Ground? | Eleanor Clift | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA half-hour before we started shooting, I had to make some adjustments and mostly just shift my perspective on her, on Vee.
OITNB’s New Villain Vee, Played By Lorraine Toussaint, Speaks for the First Time | Kevin Fallon | June 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Temporary Gentleman is a reworking of that play, with a few adjustments, into the novel form.
The coffee shops of today evolved through thousands of experiments, adjustments, and revisions along the way.
Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win | Ryan Babineaux | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I didn't go up to Cambridge, I remember, for nearly a year, so occupied was I with my new adjustments.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsEurythmy is beauty and fitness in the adjustments of the members.
Ten Books on Architecture | VitruviusThat dinner was but the initiation into a week of difficult adjustments.
Quin | Alice Hegan RiceAnd now the series of adjustments have almost reached their end.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenArrangements for "days out" are merely adjustments by which one person's work is done by others.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale Gilman
British Dictionary definitions for adjustment
/ (əˈdʒʌstmənt) /
the act of adjusting or state of being adjusted
a control for regulating: the adjustment for volume is beside the speaker
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