readjustment
Americannoun
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an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
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Finance. a rearrangement in the financial structure of a corporation, usually less drastic than a reorganization.
Etymology
Origin of readjustment
Explanation
If you have to make changes to something, you make a readjustment. You make readjustments all the time — like when you lower the bike seat for your little sister or set your clock forward for daylight saving time. The noun readjustment refers to the act of recalibrating something to match a standard. If you are a scientist, you may be constantly making readjustments to your instruments in order to obtain accurate data. If you're at home, you may have to make some readjustments to your television recording device. The clock is set wrong again and it keeps cutting off the end of your favorite shows, which is super annoying.
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Example Sentences
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The rating readjustment reflects Citi’s house view on software.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The story “Soldier’s Home” reveals a young man’s difficult readjustment to civilian life, his parents’ pressure as he returns from the war and his rejection of their conventional values.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
He gets rescued and they kind of time jump; they just go right past the period of readjustment.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
“It was just a constant readjustment of medication and best efforts to get him to take it consistently.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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