adjust : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adjust	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for adjust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjust v alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" Synonym(s): adjust, set, correct 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" Synonym(s): align, aline, line up, adjust Antonym(s): skew adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" Synonym(s): adjust, conform, adapt make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness" decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adjust \Adjust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjusting}.] [OF. ajuster, ajoster (whence F. ajouter to add), LL. adjuxtare to fit; fr. L. ad + juxta near; confused later with L. ad and justus just, right, whence F. ajuster to adjust. See {Just}, v. t. and cf. {Adjute}.] 1. 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. 2. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. Adjusting the orthography. --Johnson. 3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted. 4. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope. Syn: To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle.