readjust

[ ree-uh-juhst ]

/ ˌri əˈdʒʌst /

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verb (used with object)

to adjust again or anew; rearrange.

Nearby words

reading desk, reading group, reading notice, reading room, reading week, readjust, readjustment, readmission, readmit, readout, readthrough

Origin of readjust

First recorded in 1735–45; re- + adjust

Related forms

re·ad·just·a·ble, adjectivere·ad·just·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for re-adjust

Leave Fourier and the departed in peace, and endeavor only to re-adjust the pieces of your syllogism.
What is Property?|P. J. Proudhon
They could adjust their course with the jets, check with instruments, and re-adjust—again and again.
Comet's Burial|Raymond Zinke Gallun
For the pupil to benefit, he should re-adjust the Series for himself.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
They regulate their use and re-adjust the regulations, sometimes at almost every meeting of the court.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney

The government is determined to re-adjust conditions out here–to enforce this new law to the letter.
The Coming of the Law|Charles Alden Seltzer

British Dictionary definitions for re-adjust

readjust

/ (ˌriːəˈdʒʌst) /

verb

to adjust or adapt (oneself or something) again, esp after an initial failure

Derived Forms

readjustable, adjectivereadjuster, nounreadjustment, noun

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