adjust
verb OPAL W
/əˈdʒʌst/
/əˈdʒʌst/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they adjust | /əˈdʒʌst/ /əˈdʒʌst/ |
| he / she / it adjusts | /əˈdʒʌsts/ /əˈdʒʌsts/ |
| past simple adjusted | /əˈdʒʌstɪd/ /əˈdʒʌstɪd/ |
| past participle adjusted | /əˈdʒʌstɪd/ /əˈdʒʌstɪd/ |
| -ing form adjusting | /əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/ /əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to change something slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better
- adjust something Watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.
- This button is for adjusting the volume.
- The brakes need to be adjusted.
- adjust something to something Adjust your language to the age of your audience.
Extra Examples- It is important to have equipment that can be finely adjusted.
- This estimate may have to be adjusted downwards.
- Salaries are adjusted for inflation.
- Children are sensitive to family attitudes and adjust their attitudes accordingly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- finely
- automatically
- …
- for
- [intransitive, transitive] to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and/or think synonym adapt
- They'll be fine—they just need time to adjust.
- adjust to something After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark.
- adjust to doing something It took her a while to adjust to living alone.
- It can be difficult to adjust to being a parent.
- adjust yourself to something You'll quickly adjust yourself to student life.
- My eyes were still trying to adjust themselves to the strong sunlight.
Extra Examples- She will gradually adjust to her new role.
- It may take a little time to adjust to the climate here.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- gradually
- …
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- need time to
- …
- to
- [transitive] adjust something to move something slightly so that it looks neater or feels more comfortable
- He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the senses ‘harmonize discrepancies’ and ‘assess loss or damages’): from obsolete French adjuster, from Old French ajoster ‘to approximate’, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + juxta ‘near’.
Idioms
kindly adjust
- (Indian English) (mainly in writing) used to acknowledge and apologize for something that causes problems or difficulties and ask people to accept and adapt to the situation
- The store will be closed this afternoon due to staffing shortages. Kindly adjust.