ADJUSTMENT Synonyms

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• a settlement of differences

• in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality

• living quarters provided for public convenience

• the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need

• (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

• a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

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

• (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

• a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event

• the action of changing something

• the result of alteration or modification

• the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due

• a thing that is different

• a different or fresh set of clothes

• coins of small denomination regarded collectively

• money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency

• a difference that is usually pleasant

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• change clothes; put on different clothes

• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

• give to, and receive from, one another

• change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

• become deeper in tone

• remove or replace the coverings of

• the act of amending or correcting

• a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

• the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument

• a musical passage moving from one key to another

• (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

• rise and fall of the voice pitch

• a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

• the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)

• (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation

• the conversion of alternating current to direct current

• the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

• determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the result of improving something

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

• the act of rewriting something

• something that has been written again

• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

• the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an area where a group of families live together

• termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

• a qualitative change

• (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

• a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

• (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency

• make to specifications

• make according to requirements

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

• an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

• a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

• a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets

• the act of allowing

• put on a fixed allowance, as of food

• the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

• a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

• something substituted for an error

• a rebuke for making a mistake

• a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

• the act of disciplining

• treatment of a specific defect

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• putting clothes on to see whether they fit

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• being precisely fitting and right

• the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard