adjust

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US /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ UK [əˈd͡ʒɐst] See IPA manual

Freq #6642

Meanings

1

verb
to make a small change to something to make it better or more suitable

You can adjust the height of the chair using this lever.
2

verb
to change your behaviour to suit a new situation

It took me a few weeks to adjust to the new schedule.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make a small change to... modify set correct

2 verb · to change your behaviour to... adapt conform

Word family

Forms adjustedadjustingadjusts

Derived forms adjustabilityadjustableadjustageadjusteradjustiveadjustmentadjustorautoadjustcoadjustdisadjustmaladjustmicroadjust

Simplified etymology

Adjust entered English in the late Middle English period from obsolete French adjuster and Old French ajoster, “to approximate.” These forms are based on Latin ad-, “to,” and juxta, “near,” so the original notion was bringing things close together.

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. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etym…

ajusten Middle English adjuster Middle French ad Latin ajouster Old French *adiuxtāre la-vul iuxta Latin

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# adjust

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈd͡ʒʌst/
**IPA (UK):** [əˈd͡ʒɐst]
**Frequency rank:** 6642

## Meanings
1. to make a small change to something to make it better or more suitable
2. to change your behaviour to suit a new situation

## Examples
- You can adjust the height of the chair using this lever.
- It took me a few weeks to adjust to the new schedule.

## Derived Forms
- adjustability
- adjustable
- adjustage
- adjuster
- adjustive
- adjustment
- adjustor
- autoadjust
- coadjust
- disadjust
- maladjust
- microadjust

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ajusten
- Root: adjuster
- Root: ad
- Root: ajouster
- Root: *adiuxtāre
- Root: iuxta

## 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. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etym…

## AI Etymology
Adjust comes from Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) plus iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- plus just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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