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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | ajuster, from juste 'exact, just' |
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ad‧just W3
1 [intransitive and transitive] to gradually become familiar with a new situation [= adapt]: 
They'll soon settle in - kids are very good at adjusting.
They'll soon settle in - kids are very good at adjusting.2 [transitive] to change or move something slightly to improve it or make it more suitable for a particular purpose : Check and adjust the brakes regularly. Taste the soup and adjust the seasoning. If your employment status changes, your tax code will be adjusted accordingly.
Check and adjust the brakes regularly.Taste the soup and adjust the seasoning.If your employment status changes, your tax code will be adjusted accordingly.3 [transitive] if you adjust something you are wearing, you move it slightly so that it is neater, more comfortable etc : He paused to adjust his spectacles.
He paused to adjust his spectacles. ➔ well-adjustedWORD FOCUS: change WORD FOCUS: change 
to change something: alter, adapt, adjust, amend, modify, revise, vary
to change a system or organization: restructure, reorganize, reform
to change something completely: transform, revolutionize
to change facts or information, or change what someone has said: twist, distort, misrepresent
easily changed: flexible, adaptable
impossible to change: fixed, final, irrevocable
➔ See also change
WORD FOCUS: change to change something: alter, adapt, adjust, amend, modify, revise, vary
to change a system or organization: restructure, reorganize, reform
to change something completely: transform, revolutionize
to change facts or information, or change what someone has said: twist, distort, misrepresent
easily changed: flexible, adaptable
impossible to change: fixed, final, irrevocable
➔ See also change
