Akademik

adjustment

noun

1. making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances (Freq. 5)

• Syn: ↑accommodation, ↑fitting

• Derivationally related forms: ↑fit (for: ↑fitting), ↑accommodate (for: ↑accommodation), ↑adjust

• Hypernyms: ↑improvement, ↑betterment, ↑advance

• Hyponyms: ↑readjustment, ↑domestication, ↑habituation, ↑shakedown

2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) (Freq. 3)

• Syn: ↑alteration, ↑modification

• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust, ↑modify (for: ↑modification), ↑alter (for: ↑alteration)

• Hypernyms: ↑change

• Hyponyms: ↑loosening, ↑laxation, ↑tightening, ↑accommodation, ↑adaptation, ↑tune

3. the act of adjusting something to match a standard (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑registration, ↑readjustment

• Derivationally related forms: ↑register (for: ↑registration), ↑adjust

• Hypernyms: ↑calibration, ↑standardization, ↑standardisation

• Hyponyms:

↑alignment, ↑collimation, ↑temperament, ↑tune-up, ↑synchronization, ↑synchronisation, ↑synchronizing, ↑synchronising, ↑voicing

4. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• Syn: ↑adaptation, ↑adaption

• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust, ↑adapt (for: ↑adaption), ↑adapt (for: ↑adaptation)

• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process

• Hyponyms:

↑acclimatization, ↑acclimatisation, ↑acclimation, ↑dedifferentiation, ↑domestication, ↑specialization, ↑specialisation, ↑differentiation

5. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

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an allowance for profit

• Syn: ↑allowance

• Derivationally related forms: ↑adjust

• Hypernyms: ↑recompense

• Hyponyms: ↑cost-of-living allowance, ↑depreciation allowance, ↑deduction, ↑discount, ↑seasonal adjustment, ↑tare

Useful english dictionary. 2012.