adjust

English Online Dictionary. What means adjust‎? What does adjust mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- +‎ just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

Verb

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.
2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• udjats