Dictionary entry details
• ADJUSTMENT (noun)
Meaning:
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
fitting; adjustment; accommodation
Hypernyms ("adjustment" is a kind of...):
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjustment"):
shakedown (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state)
Meaning:
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
modification; adjustment; alteration
Hypernyms ("adjustment" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjustment"):
laxation; loosening (the act of making something less tight)
tightening (the act of making something tighter)
accommodation ((physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye)
adaptation ((physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light))
tune (the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency)
Meaning:
The act of adjusting something to match a standard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
readjustment; adjustment; registration
Hypernyms ("adjustment" is a kind of...):
calibration; standardisation; standardization (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjustment"):
voicing (the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color)
synchronisation; synchronising; synchronization; synchronizing (an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison)
tune-up (adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance)
temperament (an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys)
collimation (the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope)
alignment (the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other)
Meaning:
The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
adaption; adaptation; adjustment
Hypernyms ("adjustment" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjustment"):
acclimation; acclimatisation; acclimatization (adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment))
dedifferentiation (the loss of specialization in form or function)
domestication (adaptation to intimate association with human beings)
differentiation; specialisation; specialization ((biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function)
Meaning:
An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
allowance; adjustment
Context example:
an allowance for profit
Hypernyms ("adjustment" is a kind of...):
recompense (payment or reward (as for service rendered))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjustment"):
seasonal adjustment (a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year)
deduction; discount (an amount or percentage deducted)
depreciation allowance (an allowance for loss due to depreciation)
cost-of-living allowance (an allowance for changes in the consumer price index)
