adjustmentnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/us/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/adjustment noun [ C or U ] (CHANGE)
B2 a small change:
She made a few minor adjustments to the focus of her camera.
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- The invitations are almost ready, I just need to make a couple of adjustments.
- It requires a few minor adjustments.
- Use the on-screen menu to make adjustments to the colour and brightness of your monitor.
- The bike needed a few adjustments before it was ready to leave the shop.
- The software allows the artist to make detailed adjustments to the original drawing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- crossover
- drift
- ebb
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- rearrangement
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- transfigure
- twist
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adjustment noun [ C or U ] (BECOMING FAMILIAR)
the ability to become more familiar with a new situation:
He has so far failed to make the adjustment from school to work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- acculturate
- acculturation
- amendment
- beat
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the times idiom
- configure
- doctor
- flexible
- liberty
- native
- put sth forward
- readjust
- ring
- ring the changes (on) idiom
- supple
- tailored
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