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ADJUST

\ɐd͡ʒˈʌst], \ɐd‍ʒˈʌst], \ɐ_dʒ_ˈʌ_s_t]\

Definitions of ADJUST

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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alter so as to achieve accuracy; regulate; "Adjust the clock, please"
make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To fit, or make exact; to make similar; to make accurate; to settle or bring to a satisfactory state; as, to adjust accounts.
Adjustable.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To arrange properly: to regulate: to settle.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To fit; to adapt; to settle.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To cause to fit; arrange; regulate; settle.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To fit; to adapt; to put in order; to settle satisfactorily. See Just.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To fit to; to make to correspond; to put in order; to settle.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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