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Adjective: adjusted  u'jús-tid
  1. Altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation
    "an adjusted insurance claim"; "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted"
     
  2. Showing emotional stability
    "After therapy, he seemed more adjusted to his new circumstances"
     
  3. Having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
    "After a month, the new employee seemed well adjusted to the workplace";
    - familiarized, familiarised [Brit]
     
  4. (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted
    "The adjusted hem of the dress now fell at the perfect length"
Verb: adjust  u'júst
  1. Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
    "Adjust the clock, please";
    - set, correct
     
  2. Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
    "We must adjust to the bad economic situation";
    - conform, adapt
     
  3. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
    "She adjusted the pictures on the wall";
    - align, aline [non-standard], line up
     
  4. Make correspondent or conformable
    "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
     
  5. Change the settings of a device
    "Adjust the volume on your headphones"
     
  6. Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
    "The adjuster adjusted the claim for the damaged vehicle"

See also: altered, focused, orientated [Brit], oriented, weighted, well-adjusted, well-balanced

Type of: accommodate, adapt, adjudicate, alter, change, decide, get used to, modify, reorient, resolve, settle

Antonym: maladjusted, unadjusted

Encyclopedia: Adjusted

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