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{
"term": "adjust",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "adjust",
"heSheIt": "adjusts"
},
"pastSimple": "adjusted",
"pastParticiple": "adjusted",
"ingForm": "adjusting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to change something slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better",
"sensetop": "adjust somethingadjust something to something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.",
"contextForm": "adjust something"
},
{
"text": "This button is for adjusting the volume."
},
{
"text": "The brakes need to be adjusted."
},
{
"text": "Adjust your language to the age of your audience.",
"contextForm": "adjust something to something"
},
{
"text": "It is important to have equipment that can be finely adjusted."
},
{
"text": "This estimate may have to be adjusted downwards."
},
{
"text": "Salaries are adjusted for inflation."
},
{
"text": "Children are sensitive to family attitudes and adjust their attitudes accordingly."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["slightly", "finely", "automatically"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and/or think",
"sensetop": "adjust to somethingadjust to doing somethingadjust yourself to something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They'll be fine—they just need time to adjust."
},
{
"text": "After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark.",
"contextForm": "adjust to something"
},
{
"text": "It took her a while to adjust to living alone.",
"contextForm": "adjust to doing something"
},
{
"text": "It can be difficult to adjust to being a parent."
},
{
"text": "You'll quickly adjust yourself to student life.",
"contextForm": "adjust yourself to something"
},
{
"text": "My eyes were still trying to adjust themselves to the strong sunlight."
},
{
"text": "She will gradually adjust to her new role."
},
{
"text": "It may take a little time to adjust to the climate here."
}
],
"synonyms": "adapt",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["quickly", "rapidly", "gradually"],
"verb + adjust": ["be difficult to", "be hard to", "need time to"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to move something slightly so that it looks neater or feels more comfortable",
"sensetop": "adjust something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to acknowledge and apologize for something that causes problems or difficulties and ask people to accept and adapt to the situation",
"labels": "(Indian English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The store will be closed this afternoon due to staffing shortages. Kindly adjust."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌst/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjust__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌsts/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjusts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪd/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjusted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjusting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌst/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjust__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌsts/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjusts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪd/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjusted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/",
"audio": "ad/adjust/adjusting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the senses ‘harmonize discrepancies’ and ‘assess loss or damages’): from obsolete French adjuster, from Old French ajoster ‘to approximate’, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + juxta ‘near’."
}