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Verb adjust has 5 senses
- adjust, set, correct - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- align, aline, line up, adjust - place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
--2 is one way to reorient
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- adjust, conform, adapt - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- adjust - make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
--4 is one way to adapt, accommodate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- adjust - decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
--5 is one way to decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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