Definition of the word adjust

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ad·just

 (ə-jŭst′)

v. ad·just·ed, ad·just·ing, ad·justs

v.tr.

1.

a. To move or change (something) so as to be in a more effective arrangement or desired condition: adjust the timing of a car’s engine; adjust a hearing aid to amplify lower frequencies.

b. To change so as to be suitable to or conform with something else: adjusted the schedule to allow for everyone’s vacation plans; adjusted the old monetary figures to account for inflation. See Synonyms at adapt.

2. In chiropractic medicine, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.

3. To decide how much is to be paid on (an insurance claim).

v.intr.

To become adapted or accustomed, as to a new situation: Have you adjusted to working with your new colleagues?

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[Obsolete French adjuster, from Old French ajoster, from Vulgar Latin *adiūxtāre, to put close to : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin iūxtā, near; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

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ad·just′a·ble adj.

ad·just′a·bly adv.

ad·just′er, ad·jus′tor n.

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adjust

(əˈdʒʌst)

vb

1. (tr) to alter slightly, esp to achieve accuracy; regulate: to adjust the television.

2. to adapt, as to a new environment, etc

3. (tr) to put into order

4. (Insurance) (tr) insurance to determine the amount payable in settlement of (a claim)

[C17: from Old French adjuster, from ad- to + juste right, just]

adˈjustable adj

adˈjustably adv

adˈjuster n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ad•just

(əˈdʒʌst)

v.t.

1. to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.

2. to put in working order or in a proper state or position: to adjust an instrument.

3. to settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result: to adjust our differences.

4. to determine the amount to be paid in settlement of (an insurance claim).

5. to systematize.

v.i.

6. to adapt oneself; become adapted: to adjust to new demands.

[1350–1400; Middle English ajusten < Anglo-French ajuster, Old French aj(o)uster to make conform to, v. derivative, with a- a-⁵, of juste right, just¹]

ad•just′a•ble, adj.

ad•just`a•bil′i•ty, n.

ad•just′a•bly, adv.

ad•just′er, ad•jus′tor, n.

ad•just′ive, adj.

syn: adjust, adapt, alter imply making necessary or desirable changes, as in position, shape, or the like. To adjust is to make a minor change, as to move into proper position for use: to adjust the eyepiece of a telescope. To adapt is to make a change in character, or to make something useful in a new way: to adapt a method to a new task. To alter is to change the appearance but not the use: to alter a suit.

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

adjust

An order to the observer or spotter to initiate an adjustment on a designated target.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

adjust

Past participle: adjusted
Gerund: adjusting

Imperative
adjust
adjust

Present
I adjust
you adjust
he/she/it adjusts
we adjust
you adjust
they adjust

Preterite
I adjusted
you adjusted
he/she/it adjusted
we adjusted
you adjusted
they adjusted

Present Continuous
I am adjusting
you are adjusting
he/she/it is adjusting
we are adjusting
you are adjusting
they are adjusting

Present Perfect
I have adjusted
you have adjusted
he/she/it has adjusted
we have adjusted
you have adjusted
they have adjusted

Past Continuous
I was adjusting
you were adjusting
he/she/it was adjusting
we were adjusting
you were adjusting
they were adjusting

Past Perfect
I had adjusted
you had adjusted
he/she/it had adjusted
we had adjusted
you had adjusted
they had adjusted

Future
I will adjust
you will adjust
he/she/it will adjust
we will adjust
you will adjust
they will adjust

Future Perfect
I will have adjusted
you will have adjusted
he/she/it will have adjusted
we will have adjusted
you will have adjusted
they will have adjusted

Future Continuous
I will be adjusting
you will be adjusting
he/she/it will be adjusting
we will be adjusting
you will be adjusting
they will be adjusting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been adjusting
you have been adjusting
he/she/it has been adjusting
we have been adjusting
you have been adjusting
they have been adjusting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been adjusting
you will have been adjusting
he/she/it will have been adjusting
we will have been adjusting
you will have been adjusting
they will have been adjusting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been adjusting
you had been adjusting
he/she/it had been adjusting
we had been adjusting
you had been adjusting
they had been adjusting

Conditional
I would adjust
you would adjust
he/she/it would adjust
we would adjust
you would adjust
they would adjust

Past Conditional
I would have adjusted
you would have adjusted
he/she/it would have adjusted
we would have adjusted
you would have adjusted
they would have adjusted

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	adjust — alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; «Adjust the clock, please»; «correct the alignment of the front wheels» correct, set alter, change, modify — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; «The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city»; «The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue» proportion — adjust in size relative to other things modulate — adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of temper — adjust the pitch (of pianos) tune, tune up — adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); «My piano needs to be tuned» calibrate, fine-tune, graduate — make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; «calibrate an instrument»; «graduate a cylinder» tune, tune up — adjust for (better) functioning; «tune the engine» time — adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; «The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely» trim — adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used zero, zero in — adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); «He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards» zero — adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value readjust, reset — adjust again after an initial failure attune — adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with time — regulate or set the time of; «time the clock» set — set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; «set clocks or instruments» regulate, modulate — fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; «regulate the temperature»; «modulate the pitch» focalise, focalize, sharpen, focus — put (an image) into focus; «Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie» sync, synchronize, synchronise — make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; «Let’s synchronize our efforts» pressurise, pressurize — increase the pressure in or of; «The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers’ comfort» depressurise, depressurize, decompress — decrease the pressure of; «depressurize the cabin in the air plane» match, fit — make correspond or harmonize; «Match my sweater» plumb — adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical ordinate, align, coordinate — bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; «align the wheels of my car»; «ordinate similar parts» reconcile, harmonise, harmonize — bring into consonance or accord; «harmonize one’s goals with one’s abilities» linearise, linearize — make linear or get into a linear form; «a catalyst linearizes polyethylene» justify — adjust the spaces between words; «justify the margins» citify — accustom to urban ways; «Immigration will citify the country?»
	2.	adjust — place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; «align the car with the curb»; «align the sheets of paper on the table» align, aline, line up address — adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting synchronise, synchronize — cause to indicate the same time or rate; «synchronize your watches» realign, realine — align anew or better; «The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident» true, true up — make level, square, balanced, or concentric; «true up the cylinder of an engine» collimate — adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument) reorient — set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; «Orient the house towards the South» concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus — bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
	3.	adjust — adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; «We must adjust to the bad economic situation» adapt, conform change — undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; «She changed completely as she grew older»; «The weather changed last night» readjust, readapt — adjust anew; «After moving back to America, he had to readjust» readapt — adapt anew; «He readapted himself» assimilate — become similar to one’s environment; «Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly» focalise, focalize, focus — become focussed or come into focus; «The light focused» acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize — get used to a certain climate; «They never acclimatized in Egypt» match — be equal or harmonize; «The two pieces match» obey — be obedient to square — cause to match, as of ideas or acts
	4.	adjust — make correspondent or conformable; «Adjust your eyes to the darkness» adapt, accommodate — make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; «Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country»
	5.	adjust — decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim resolve, settle, adjudicate, decide — bring to an end; settle conclusively; «The case was decided»; «The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff»; «The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

adjust

verb

1. adapt, change, settle, convert, alter, accommodate, dispose, get used, accustom, conform, reconcile, harmonize, acclimatize, familiarize yourself, attune I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well.

2. change, order, reform, fix, arrange, alter, adapt, revise, modify, set, regulate, amend, reconcile, remodel, redress, rectify, recast, customize, make conform To attract investors the country has adjusted its tax laws.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

adjust

verb

1. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use:

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, conform, fashion, fit, reconcile, square, suit, tailor.

2. To alter for proper functioning:

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Translations

يَتَكَيَّف، يُكَيِّف نَفْسَهيَضْبِطُيَضْبِط جِهَازَاً

nastavitpřizpůsobit (se)přizpůsobit seupravit

justereregulerestilletilpasse

sopeutua

prilagoditi

stillastilla, aîlaga

順応する

조정하다

pritaikymasreguliavimasreguliuojamassureguliuoti

noregulētpielāgotpiemērotuzstādīt

nastavitiprilagoditi se

justera

ปรับตัว

thích nghi

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

adjust

vt

(= set) machine, engine, carburettor, brakes, height, speed, flow etc → einstellen; knob, lever → (richtig) stellen; (= alter) height, speed → verstellen; length of clothes → ändern; (= correct, readjust) → nachstellen; height, speed, flow → regulieren; figures → korrigieren, anpassen; formula, plan, production, exchange rates, terms → (entsprechend) ändern; salaries → angleichen (→ to an +acc); hat, tie → zurechtrücken; to adjust the lever upwards/downwards → den Hebel nach oben/unten stellen; you have to adjust this knob to regulate the ventilation → Sie müssen an diesem Knopf drehen, um die Ventilation zu regulieren, die Ventilation lässt sich an diesem Knopf regulieren; he adjusted the knobs on the TV set → er hat die Knöpfe am Fernsehapparat richtig gestellt; do not adjust your set → ändern Sie nichts an der Einstellung Ihres Geräts; to adjust something to new requirements/conditions etc → etw neuen Erfordernissen/Umständen etc anpassen; because of increased demand production will have to be appropriately adjusted → die Produktion muss auf die verstärkte Nachfrage abgestimmt werden or muss der verstärkten Nachfrage angepasst werden; the terms have been adjusted slightly in your favour (Brit) or favor (US) → die Bedingungen sind zu Ihren Gunsten leicht abgeändert worden; the layout can be adjusted to meet different needs → die Anordnung lässt sich je nach Bedarf ändern; we adjusted all salaries upwards/downwards → wir haben alle Gehälter nach oben/unten angeglichen; would you please adjust your dress, sir (euph) → ich glaube, Sie haben vergessen, etwas or Ihre Hose zuzumachen; if you could adjust the price slightly (hum) → wenn wir uns vielleicht noch über den Preis unterhalten könnten; to adjust the seasoning (of something) → (etw) nachwürzen

to adjust oneself to something (to new country, circumstances etc) → sich einer Sache (dat) → anpassen; to new requirements, demands etc → sich auf etw (acc) → einstellen

vi

(to new country, circumstances etc) → sich anpassen (→ to +dat); (to new requirements, demands etc) → sich einstellen (→ to auf +acc)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

adjust

(əˈdʒast) verb

1. (often with to) to change so as to make or be better suited. He soon adjusted to his new way of life.

2. to change (the position of, setting of). Adjust the setting of the alarm clock.

aˈdjustable adjective

able to be adjusted. This car has adjustable seats.

aˈdjustment noun

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

adjust

→ يَضْبِطُ přizpůsobit (se) justere anpassen προσαρμόζω adaptarse, ajustar sopeutua s’ajuster prilagoditi regolare 順応する 조정하다 aanpassen justere dostosować ajustar адаптировать justera ปรับตัว ayarlamak thích nghi 调节

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

ad·just

vt. ajustar, arreglar, acomodar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

• Could you adjust my bindings, please? (US)
  Can you adjust my bindings, please? (UK)

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

adjust

vt ajustar; (chiropractic) realizar un ajuste; vi adaptar; well-adjusted bien adaptado

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

регулировать, устанавливать, приспосабливать, выверять, приводить в порядок

глагол ↓

Словосочетания

to adjust / focus binoculars — настроить бинокль  
to adjust the blind — поправить штору  
adjust to observer’s eye — выставлять по глазу  
to adjust the average — составлять диспашу  
zero adjust — производить установку нуля  
adjust while running — регулировать на ходу  
adjust for — регулировать по какому-л. параметру  
adjust continuously — плавно регулировать  
adjust to value — подгонять номинал  
to adjust roots — находить корни (уравнения)  

Примеры с переводом

Возможные однокоренные слова

adjustable  — регулируемый, регулирующийся, разводной, устанавливаемый, передвижной
adjusted  — установленный, выверенный, заданный, урегулированный
adjuster  — регулировщик, монтажник, монтер, сборщик, натяжной болт, натяжное устройство
adjusting  — регулирующий, установочный, сборочный
adjustment  — регулировка, регулирование, установка, приспособление, подгонка, согласование
readjust  — подрегулировать, изменять, переделывать, приспосабливать, исправлять
adjustor  — регулятор, монтажник, регулировщик, натяжной болт
disadjust  — разрегулировать, расстраивать, нарушать настройку

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: adjust
he/she/it: adjusts
ing ф. (present participle): adjusting
2-я ф. (past tense): adjusted
3-я ф. (past participle): adjusted

• Defenition of the word adjust

  • To change to reach a certain scope or condition.
  • To adapt something; to alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
  • To make partial changes.
  • To arrange in a straight line.
  • To settle an insurance claim.
  • get accustomed or used (to something); «We never adapted to life in the U.S.»
  • make correspondent or conformable; «Adjust your eyes to the darkness»
  • adapt or conform oneself; «We must adjust to the bad economic situation»
  • alter slightly, esp. to achieve accuracy; regulate; «Adjust the clock, please»
  • place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel; «align the car with the curb»; «align the sheets of paper on the table»
  • adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; «We must adjust to the bad economic situation»
  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; «Adjust the clock, please»; «correct the alignment of the front wheels»
  • place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; «align the car with the curb»; «align the sheets of paper on the table»
  • decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
  • adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  • make correspondent or conformable
  • place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

Synonyms for the word adjust

• • adapt
  • align
  • aline
  • alter
  • amend
  • bend
  • change
  • conform
  • correct
  • fiddle with
  • fine-tune
  • line up
  • modify
  • regulate
  • set
  • tweak

Similar words in the adjust

• • adjust
  • adjustable
  • adjuster
  • adjuster’s
  • adjusters
  • adjustor’s

Hyponyms for the word adjust

• • acclimate
  • acclimatise
  • acclimatize
  • address
  • align
  • assimilate
  • attune
  • calibrate
  • citify
  • collimate
  • concenter
  • concentre
  • coordinate
  • decompress
  • depressurise
  • depressurize
  • fine-tune
  • fit
  • focalise
  • focalize
  • focus
  • graduate
  • harmonise
  • harmonize
  • justify
  • linearise
  • linearize
  • match
  • modulate
  • obey
  • ordinate
  • plumb
  • pressurise
  • pressurize
  • proportion
  • readapt
  • readjust
  • realign
  • realine
  • reconcile
  • regulate
  • reset
  • set
  • sharpen
  • square
  • sync
  • synchronise
  • synchronize
  • temper
  • time
  • trim
  • true
  • true up
  • tune
  • tune up
  • zero
  • zero in

Hypernyms for the word adjust

• • accommodate
  • adapt
  • adjudicate
  • alter
  • change
  • change orientation
  • correct
  • decide
  • modify
  • orient
  • reorient
  • resolve
  • right
  • settle

Antonyms for the word adjust

• • skew

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- +‎ just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant «to correct, remedy» in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus^[1].

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

Verb[edit]

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.

   • 2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     As the world’s drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.

   Morimoto’s recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.

2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.

   • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:

     But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

   He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.

3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

   Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.   She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.

Synonyms[edit]

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• udjats

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‘adjust‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Can a defensive lineman adjust from a 4-3 defense to fit seamlessly into the Browns ‘3-4 scheme? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Could Pittman adjust from a 4-3 defense to fit seamlessly into Crennel’s 3-4 scheme? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Some people just have to adjust from the type «A» self defense type of lifestyle. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Now, most designer labels adjust only sizing, colors and fit to suit different markets. ❋ Christina Passariello (2011)

Banks will be subject to new restraints on lending but will have more than eight years to adjust, which is longer than anticipated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(So the labels adjust automatically as you reorder pages and / or add / remove pages, or alter some document attributes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With cheaper-specced trailers, the adjuster extending from the ram to the brake drums is on a splined shaft and the only way to adjust is to remove the circlip (which often involves getting the gas torch out). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rather than helping major record labels adjust to the changing market, it continually, repeatedly and publicly destroyed its own reputation and the reputation of the labels — each time shrinking their potential market by blaming the very people they should have been working to turn into customers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It also has a motion detection feature that will automaticall adjust the settings of the camera to prevent you from taking those awful blurry pictures. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unfortunately, the school world is mainly a verbal, s y m b o l i c world, and learners like G a r y must adjust, that is, put aside their best way of learning and learn the way the school decrees. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(On if Quinn gets rid of the ball too early sometimes) — «No, if you’re outnumbered you have to go to either the site adjust, which is the outside player or the hot, which is the inside player because you don’t have the numbers to pick it up.» ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jun 12 17: 15: 11 localhost kernel [0]: SMU_Neo2_PlatformPlugin:: initThermalProfile — calling adjust ❋ Unknown (2009)

«No, if you’re outnumbered you have to go to either the site adjust, which is the outside player or the hot, which is the inside player because you don’t have the numbers to pick it up.»

Gun one is also known as the adjust gun, meaning that any missions where the rounds must be adjusted on to target will be shot by this gun. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you add or delete a file in Explorer, iTunes doesn’t automatically adjust, which is show-stoppingly retarded. ❋ Unknown (2008)

i would revise the first rush of words deleting anger massage oil over the back of every tired phrase adjust the metre of sunsets & coffees-to-go spell out desire in soft italics if we were a poem ❋ Unknown (2007)

So, they’re full on making out, groping, ect., and then he actually had to «adjust» himself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[I’m sorry] [honey], but [I HAD] to adjust. ❋ Kat (2003)

Adjustable [office] [chairs] means one size does [fit] all. ❋ AKACroatalin (2015)

*man grabs his [crotch]*
Woman: What are you doing?!
Man: Adjustment.
——
Woman: Are you masturbating?
Man: Adjustment. Hey you just looked at my penis llololololol!!!11!![oneone]!!!!!!!!![eleven]!! ❋ Abdurrahman (2009)

Frank wrote the computer company [submitting] several [adjustions] they could make for next year computer model [coming out]. ❋ Mrbunnylamakins (2014)

[Iam] «See they keep trying to make adjustments to the thing that isn’t working. As though it’s the variables that are wrong and not that their idea doesn’t work. No amount of [adjustment] makes a turd a [tenderloin]» ❋ Hym Iam (2022)

While in line at [the bank], I had to adjusticate myself after [staring] at the girl in the [yoga pants]. ❋ BigN_Tasty (2015)

«The assignment is due tomorrow? At least I remembered [the «fuck it» adjustment]! [FUCK IT]!»
«[Finals]? Oh, right, the «fuck it» adjustment! FUCK IT!» ❋ Who Gives A Shit? (2013)

Harold: Hey, Fred, what’s with Steph?
Fred: Fucked her so hard last night, I gave her a spinal adjustment.
Harold: [Oh, okay]. That’s awesome. The way she was walking, I thought she had some kind of [pussy rash].
Fred: No, it was great. Had her up to five pops. Got four more on the last thrust. Adjusted!!! (high [fives]) ❋ Theinstigator (2013)

My [alarm clock] wouldn’t [stop] [beeping], so i gave it a percussion adjustment and it stopped. ❋ K-man117 (2009)

Pauile: «I was in the army signal core. What this thing needs is what we call a
[Brogan Adjustment]»
Christopher: «What’s that? [Y’know] how?»
Pauile: «Yep»
*procedes to smash [DVD player] with left shoe» ❋ Rjd1118 (2021)

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  adjust
  
  

  adjust for height

  регулировать по высоте

  adjust idle power

  регулировать малый газ

  adjust mixture

  регулировать качество смеси

  adjust the cable

  регулировать трос

  adjust the compass

  устранять девиацию компаса

  adjust the engine

  регулировать двигатель до заданных параметров

  adjust the heading

  корректировать курс

  idle adjusting screw

  винт регулировки малого газа

  zero adjusting bezel

  подвижная шкала для установки нуля

  English-Russian aviation dictionary > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  1) приводи́ть в поря́док

  2) приспоса́бливать, пригоня́ть, прила́живать

  3) ула́живать ( спор

  и т.п.

  )

  4) регули́ровать; устана́вливать; выверя́ть;

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > adjust

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  adjust

  n

  Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.
  .
  1995.

  Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > adjust

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  — adjust a patent litigation

  — adjust the specification

  Patent terms dictionary > adjust

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  Персональный Сократ > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  [əˈdʒʌst]

  adjust вчт. внесение поправок adjust вчт. выравнивать adjust исправлять adjust корректировать adjust вчт. настраивать adjust настраивать adjust вчт. настроить adjust вчт. подгонять adjust приводить в порядок adjust приводить в соответствие adjust приспосабливать, пригонять, прилаживать adjust приспосабливать adjust приспособлять adjust разрешать споры adjust регулировать; устанавливать; выверять adjust регулировать adjust согласовывать adjust улаживать (спор и т. п.) adjust улаживать adjust урегулировать adjust устанавливать сумму, выплачиваемую по страховому полису adjust уточнять adjust вчт. юстировать adjust according to cost-of-living index регулировать в соответствии с индексом прожиточного минимума adjust according to index индексировать adjust in accordance with приводить в соответствие adjust to приспособляться, привыкать, адаптироваться automatic margin adjust вчт. автоматическое выравнивание края текста automatic widow adjust вчт. автоматическое устранение изолированных строк currently adjust изменять в соответствии с новыми данными

  English-Russian short dictionary > adjust

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  Англо-русский технический словарь > adjust

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  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  v

  1) приспосабливать, согласовывать; приводить в соответствие; регулировать

  2) исправлять, уточнять, корректировать

  3) улаживать, разрешать

  English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > adjust

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  1. v приводить в порядок; улаживать; разрешать

  2. v приспособлять; пригонять, прилаживать

  3. v согласовывать, подгонять

  4. v воен. корректировать

  5. v устанавливать сумму, выплачиваемую по страховому полису

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. adapt (verb) acclimate; acclimatise; accommodate; accustom; adapt; conform; fashion; fit; order; proportion; quadrate; square; suit; tailor; tailor-make

  2. habituate (verb) addict; confirm in; devote to; habituate; take to

  3. regulate (verb) alter; calibrate; change; correct; modify; redress; regulate

  4. set (verb) attune; fix; set; tune; tune up

  5. settle (verb) accord; arrange; balance; calculate; determine; reconcile; rectify; settle

  Антонимический ряд:

  confuse; derange; disarrange; discompose; dislocate; dismember; disorder; disturb; maintain; resist; scatter; upset

  English-Russian base dictionary > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  [əʹdʒʌst]

  1. приводить в порядок; улаживать; разрешать ()

  to adjust differences — урегулировать /устранить/ разногласия

  2. 1) приспособлять; пригонять, прилаживать

  you should adjust your expenditure to your income — деньги следует тратить в соответствии с доходами; ≅ по одёжке протягивай ножки

  2) согласовывать, подгонять ()

  3)

  refl (to) приспособляться, адаптироваться, привыкать

  some wild beasts never adjust to life in a zoo — некоторые дикие животные никак не приживаются в зоопарках

  he adjusted himself very quickly to the heat of the country — он быстро привык /приспособился/ к жаркому климату этой страны

  3. 1) регулировать; настраивать; устанавливать;

  тж. юстировать

  I must adjust my watch, it’s slow — мне нужно отрегулировать часы, они отстают

  these desks can be adjusted to the height of any child — эти парты можно поднимать и опускать /регулировать/ в соответствии с ростом любого ребёнка

  please, do not adjust your sets — просим извинить за технические помехи ()

  4. устанавливать сумму, выплачиваемую по страховому полису

  НБАРС > adjust

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  ADAPT, ACCOMMODATE, ADJUST

  Adapt означает ‘приспособить для использования в новых условиях’ (обычно предполагает существенные изменения в соответствии с иными требованиями и может соответствовать русскому ‘переделать’): to adapt a difficult book for use in schools ‘переделать книгу в соответствии со знаниями школьников’ (облегчить и сократить), to adapt a novel for the stage ‘инсценировать роман’ (переделать его в соответствии с законами драматургии и требованиями театра). Adapt означает также ‘приспособиться’: eyes adapt to darkness ‘глаза привыкают (приспосабливаются) к темноте’ (имеется в виду приспособление глаз к силе раздражителя, в данном случае сильное повышение чувствительности глаз). Accommodate, так же как adapt, предполагает существенные изменения, имеющие целью привести какую-л. величину (понятие и т. д.) в соответствие с другой, выступающей в данном случае в качестве нормы (часто о планах, вкусах, привычках двух лиц): to accommodate one’s plans to someone else’s, to accommodate one’s habits to another’s inclinations. Adjust (только о конкретных предметах) означает ‘установить правильное или точное соотношение’ (между предметами или частями предмета), ‘отрегулировать’, ‘приладить’; adjust не предполагает изменений в самом существе предмета – только в механическом соотношении его частей: to adjust a piano stool to the height of the player, to adjust a telescope to one’s eyes, to adjust parts of a mechanism. В значении ‘приспосабливаться, приноравливаться к чему-л.’ adapt, accommodate и adjust могут взаимозаменяться: to adapt (accommodate, adjust) oneself to new manners and customs in a foreign country.

  Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > adjust

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  Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  1. настраивать; регулировать

  2. выравнивать, линировать

  English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  гл.

  1)

  общ.

  приводить в порядок; улаживать; разрешать

  2)

  а)

  общ.

  приспосабливаться, адаптироваться, привыкать

  to adjust oneself to changes in temperature [new conditions] — привыкать к изменениям температуры [к новым условиям]

  б)

  общ.

  приспосабливать; приводить в соответствие [с чем-л.]

  в)

  общ.

  согласовывать, подгонять

  3)

  общ.

  регулировать, устанавливать, настраивать

  to adjust the brakes (of one’s car) — отрегулировать тормоза (своего автомобиля)

  4)

  страх.

  урегулировать убытки, урегулировать (страховые) требования

  The insurer has a duty to adjust claims fairly and promptly. — Страховщик обязан урегулировать страховые требования добросовестно и быстро.

  See:

  * * *
  
  1) корректировать, изменять курсы, цены;
  2) исправлять ошибки.

  Англо-русский экономический словарь > adjust

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  English-Russian dictionary of computer science and programming > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  1) приспосабливать; согласовывать; приводить в соответствие

  2) исправлять; уточнять; корректировать

  3) регулировать, приводить в порядок

  4) подгонять (о расчёте)

  5) вычислять (методом наименьших квадратов)

  6) устанавливать сумму, выплачиваемую по страховому полису

  Англо-русский словарь по экономике и финансам > adjust

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  [ə’dʒʌst]

  v

  регулировать, выверять, настраивать, приспосабливать

  — adjust the scales

  
  — adjust one’s watch to the summer time
  — adjust one’s watch to the local time
  — adjust the lamp to one’s eyes
  — adjust oneself to new conditions

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  1) выверять; выставлять; юстировать

  2) налаживать, регулировать; отлаживать

  adjust for — регулировать по какому-л. параметру

  3) подгонять, пригонять

  English-Russian scientific dictionary > adjust

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  adjust
  
  

  əˈdʒʌst гл.
  1) приводить в порядок Syn: arrange, settle
  2) улаживать (спор и т. п.) Four were named on each side to adjust their differences. ≈ С каждой стороны были названы четверо, чтобы уладить разногласия.
  3) подгонять, пригонять, прилаживать It is difficult to adjust one’s habits to someone else. ≈ Трудно подгонять свои привычки под чьи-либо другие. Syn: fit
  4) приспосабливаться, привыкать He had to adjust to the new climate. ≈ Ему пришлось приспосабливаться к новому климату. Syn: adapt
  5) регулировать;
  выверять, настраивать We adjusted our watches to local time. ≈ Мы перевели свои часы на местное время.
  6) страх. устанавливать сумму, выплачиваемую по страховому полису

  adjust вчт. внесение поправок ~ вчт. выравнивать ~ исправлять ~ корректировать ~ вчт. настраивать ~ настраивать ~ вчт. настроить ~ вчт. подгонять ~ приводить в порядок ~ приводить в соответствие ~ приспосабливать, пригонять, прилаживать ~ приспосабливать ~ приспособлять ~ разрешать споры ~ регулировать;
  устанавливать;
  выверять ~ регулировать ~ согласовывать ~ улаживать (спор и т. п.) ~ улаживать ~ урегулировать ~ устанавливать сумму, выплачиваемую по страховому полису ~ уточнять ~ вчт. юстировать

  ~ to приспособляться, привыкать, адаптироваться

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > adjust