adjustment

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noun

1. making or becoming suitable;
adjusting to circumstances (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
accommodation, fitting
• Derivationally related forms:
fit (for: fitting), accommodate (for: accommodation), adjust
• Hypernyms:
improvement, betterment, advance
• Hyponyms:
readjustment, domestication, habituation, shakedown
2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
alteration, modification
• Derivationally related forms:
adjust, modify (for: modification), alter (for: alteration)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
loosening, laxation, tightening, accommodation, adaptation, tune
3. the act of adjusting something to match a standard (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
registration, readjustment
• Derivationally related forms:
register (for: registration), adjust
• Hypernyms:
calibration, standardization, standardisation
• Hyponyms:
alignment, collimation, temperament, tune-up, synchronization,
synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising, voicing
4. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
• Syn:
adaptation, adaption
• Derivationally related forms:
adjust, adapt (for: adaption), adapt (for: adaptation)
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
• Hyponyms:
acclimatization, acclimatisation, acclimation, dedifferentiation, domestication,
specialization, specialisation, differentiation
5. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- an allowance for profit
• Syn:
allowance
• Derivationally related forms:
adjust
• Hypernyms:
recompense
• Hyponyms:
cost-of-living allowance, depreciation allowance, deduction, discount, seasonal adjustment, tare

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  allowance, adaptation, adaption, registration, readjustment, alteration, modification, accommodation, fitting