adjust Definition

adjust
verb adjusted, adjusting

1. To change something or oneself, etc slightly so as to be more suitable for a situation, etc.

Thesaurus: adapt, modify, change, remodel, accommodate, conform, harmonize, suit, refashion, alter, fine-tune.
2. To change or alter something, especially only slightly, to make it more correct or accurate.
3. To calculate or assess (the amount of money payable in an insurance claim, etc).
intr
4. To change so that one fits in with it or becomes suited to it.

Form: adjust to something (often)

Derivative: adjustable
adj

Able to be changed or altered according to needs
Thesaurus: malleable, alterable, adaptable, flexible, modifiable, tractable; Antonym: inflexible, fixed.

Derivative: adjustably
adverb

Derivative: adjuster
noun

Derivative: adjustment
noun

An act or process of change or alteration
Thesaurus: alteration, conversion, modification, adaptation, harmonization, naturalization, fitting, naturalization, refashioning, tuning.

Etymology: 17c: from French ajuster.