adjust
To modify.
Verb 4 meanings
To modify.
“Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.”
To improve or rectify.
“He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.”
To settle an insurance claim.
To change to fit circumstances.
“Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.”
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.
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ADJUST at a glance
ADJUST has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + J 8 + U 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,219 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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