Results for adjust

Definitions of adjust:

part of speech: adjective

Adjustable.

part of speech: verb

To fit to; to make to correspond; to put in order; to settle.

part of speech: verb transitive

To fit, or make exact; to make similar; to make accurate; to settle or bring to a satisfactory state; as, to adjust accounts.

part of speech: verb transitive

To arrange properly: to regulate: to settle.

Usage examples for adjust:

• Trevlyn remained in the city to adjust some business affairs which had suffered from his long absence, and Margie and her friends went up to her own home. "The Fatal Glove", Clara Augusta Jones Trask

• At first the room seems empty, but as one's eyes adjust themselves to the dim light four coffins become visible, each lying on a shelf, two open and two closed. "Naples Past and Present", Arthur H. Norway

• On the contrary, she knew just how it would be; that he would wait and she be late, that he would adjust himself and she remain unchanged, that he would give and give and she would never remember that it would be kind some day to ask. "The Happiest Time of Their Lives", Alice Duer Miller

• When they were told, they accepted it with proud silence, and when they were pressed for answer, they merely said that they would, of course, adjust themselves to whatever she decided to do. "Mogens and Other Stories Mogens; The Plague At Bergamo; There Should Have Been Roses; Mrs. Fonss", Jens Peter Jacobsen