| NOUN | event | adjustment, accommodation, fitting | making or becoming suitable |
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| act | adjustment, alteration, modification | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | |
| act | adjustment, registration, readjustment | the act of adjusting something to match a standard | |
| process | adjustment, adaptation, adaption | the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | |
| possession | adjustment, allowance | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances |
| Sounds | ahjhah'stmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 662 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. | |
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| Synonyms | accommodation, fitting | |
| Narrower | domestication | accommodation to domestic / domestic life |
| habituation | A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | |
| readjustment | The act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) | |
| shakedown | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state | |
| Broader | improvement, betterment, advance | A change for the better |
| Verbs | adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
| Meaning | The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). | |
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| Synonyms | alteration, modification | |
| Narrower | accommodation | (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye |
| adaptation | (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | |
| loosening, laxation | The act of making something less tight / tight / tight / tight | |
| tightening | The act of making something tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter | |
| tune | The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency | |
| Broader | change | The action of changing something |
| Catalan | alteració, modificació | |
| Spanish | alteración, modificación | |
| Verbs | adjust | make correspondent or conformable |
| Meaning | The act of adjusting something to match a standard. | |
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| Synonyms | registration, readjustment | |
| Narrower | alignment | The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other |
| collimation | The accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope | |
| synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising | An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | |
| temperament | An adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys | |
| tune-up | adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance | |
| voicing | The act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color | |
| Broader | calibration, standardization, standardisation | The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
| Verbs | adjust | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| Meaning | The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions). | |
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| Synonyms | adaptation, adaption | |
| Narrower | acclimatization, acclimatisation, acclimation | adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) |
| dedifferentiation | The loss of specialization in form or function | |
| domestication | adaptation to intimate association with human beings | |
| specialization, specialisation, differentiation | (biology) the structural / structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
| Catalan | adaptació | |
| Spanish | adaptación | |
| Verbs | adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
| Meaning | An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances. | |
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| Synonym | allowance | |
| Narrower | cost-of-living allowance | An allowance for changes in the consumer price index |
| deduction, discount | An amount or percentage deducted | |
| depreciation allowance | An allowance for loss due to depreciation | |
| seasonal adjustment | A statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year | |
| tare | An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods | |
| Broader | recompense | Payment or reward (as for service rendered) |
| Verbs | adjust | decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim |