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| Sounds | ahjhah'st |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist, accompanist, activist, and 190 more rhymes in ahst... |
| Meaning | Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "Adjust the clock, please" |
| Synonyms | set, correct |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | proportion; modulate; temper; tune, tune up; calibrate, graduate, fine-tune; tune, tune up; time; trim; zero, zero in; zero; readjust, reset; attune; time; set; regulate, modulate; focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen; synchronize, synchronise, sync; pressurize, pressurise; depressurize, depressurise, decompress; match, fit; plumb; align, ordinate, coordinate; harmonize, harmonise, reconcile; linearize, linearise; justify; citify |
| Adjectives | adjustable; adjustive; adjustive; adjustable |
| Nouns | adjuster; adjustment |
| Meaning | Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | align, aline, line up |
| Contrary | skew |
| Broader | reorient |
| Narrower | address; synchronize, synchronise; realign, realine; true, true up; collimate; concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus |
| Meaning | Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| Synonyms | conform, adapt |
| Broader | change |
| Narrower | readjust, readapt; readapt; assimilate; focus, focalize, focalise; acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate; match; obey; square |
| Adjectives | adjustive; adjustive |
| Nouns | adjustment; adjustment |
| Meaning | Make correspondent or conformable. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Examples | "Adjust your eyes to the darkness" |
| Broader | adapt, accommodate |
| Adjectives | adjustable; adjustable |
| Nouns | adjustment |
| Meaning | Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate |
| Nouns | adjustment; adjustor |
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