Tra từ adjust - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard (Freq. 19)
- Adjust the clock, please
- correct the alignment of the front wheels
• Syn:
set, correct
• Derivationally related forms:
corrective (for: correct), adjustive, adjustable, adjustment, adjuster
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
proportion, modulate, temper, tune, tune up,
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune, time, trim, zero,
zero in, readjust, reset, attune, set, regulate,
focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen, synchronize, synchronise,
sync, pressurize, pressurise, depressurize, depressurise, decompress,
match, fit, plumb, align, ordinate, coordinate,
coordinate, harmonise, reconcile, linearize, linearise,
justify, citify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight (Freq. 6)
- align the car with the curb
- align the sheets of paper on the table
• Syn:
align, aline, line up
• Ant:
skew (for: align)
• Derivationally related forms:
alignment (for: align)
• Hypernyms:
reorient
• Hyponyms:
address, synchronize, synchronise, realign, realine,
true, true up, collimate, concenter, concentre, focalize,
focalise, focus
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions (Freq. 6)
- We must adjust to the bad economic situation
• Syn:
conform, adapt
• Derivationally related forms:
adaptive (for: adapt), adaptable (for: adapt), adaptation (for: adapt), adaption (for: adapt), conformist (for: conform), adjustive, adjustment
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
readjust, readapt, assimilate, focus, focalize,
focalize, acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate, match,
obey, square
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. make correspondent or conformable (Freq. 2)
- Adjust your eyes to the darkness
• Derivationally related forms:
adjustable, adjustment
• Hypernyms:
adapt, accommodate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
5. decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
• Derivationally related forms:
adjustment, adjustor
• Hypernyms:
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something