| adjust | | |
| v. (change) | 1. adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ 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?" |
| v. (change) | 2. adjust, align, aline, line up | 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" |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (change) | 3. adapt, adjust, conform | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (change) | 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. adjust | decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim. |
| ~ resolve, adjudicate, decide, settle | 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" |
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