adjust

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   verb

   to change your behaviour to suit a new situation

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

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…

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