adjustment

[ uh-juhst-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of adjusting; adaptation to a particular condition, position, or purpose.
2. the state of being adjusted; adjusted; orderly relation of parts or elements.
3. a device, as a knob or lever, for adjusting:

   the adjustments on a television set.

4. the act of bringing something into conformity with external requirements:

   the adjustment of one's view of reality.

5. harmony achieved by modification or change of a position:

   They worked out an adjustment of their conflicting ideas.

6. Sociology. a process of modifying, adapting, or altering individual or collective patterns of behavior so as to bring them into conformity with other such patterns, as with those provided by a cultural environment.
7. Insurance. the act of ascertaining the amount of indemnity that the party insured is entitled to receive under the policy, and of settling the claim.
8. a settlement of a disputed account or claim.
9. a change or concession, as in price or other terms, in view of minor defect or the like.

adjustment

/ əˈdʒʌstmənt /

noun

1. the act of adjusting or state of being adjusted
2. a control for regulating

   the adjustment for volume is beside the speaker

Other Words From

• ad·just·ment·al [uh, -juhst-, men, -tl], adjective
• misad·justment noun
• nonad·justment noun
• over·ad·justment noun
• pread·justment noun
• under·ad·justment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjustment¹

First recorded in 1635–45; adjust + -ment

Example Sentences

Many devices I’ve tested—including the LG TV, Vizio TV, Vizio soundbar, and Samsung TV I own—do not allow adjustment in both directions, which makes the feature all but useless against audio delay.

From Popular-Science

By replicating the traditional TV experience, the streamers can flatten the adjustment curve for audiences and make it easier for people to find programs to watch and to keep watching.

From Digiday

Whether a series is scripted or unscripted, producers have to make adjustments in returning to production.

From Digiday

This error is then fed backwards through the network to guide adjustments in the strength of connections between neurons.

From Singularity Hub 

In the last case, there will be an automatic adjustment to the screens of different devices.

From Search Engine Watch

Think of the embarrassing subway platform or mid-office “adjustment” debacles you could avoid!

From The Daily Beast

She tugged on the black rope that wrapped around his thighs and torso, her leather gloves creaking with each adjustment.

From The Daily Beast

The only small adjustment I will be making to my own practice is asking more directly about travel history and sick contacts.

From The Daily Beast

What the hell would go to all the trouble—if he could make the “adjustment” in a “normal” way.

From The Daily Beast

But it is ordinary people who are going to be hit hard by this and it is going to be a long and painful process of adjustment.

From The Daily Beast

Even genius, however, needs direction and adjustment to secure the most perfect and reliable results.

From Project Gutenberg

Such being the adjustment, the philosophy of the inhalation may be easily understood.

From Project Gutenberg

Jessie, who had read the instruction book carefully, knew that this adjustment might be made in several different ways.

From Project Gutenberg

Perfect cleanliness and careful adjustment of each article in the dress are indispensable in a finished toilet.

From Project Gutenberg

It may be that, having made up my mind before leaving England, I accomplished a final wrench and adjustment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• alteration
• arrangement
• improvement
• modification
• readjustment
• regulation