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In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.
Carrie Chapman Catt

Meaning of "adjustment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADJUSTMENT

adjustment  [əˈdʒʌstmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADJUSTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adjustment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ADJUSTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adjustment

Adjustment means regulating, adapting or settling in a variety of contexts: ▪ Adjustment has several meanings; many relate to insurance, contracts, or the resolution of disputes ▪ In engineering, mathematics, and geodesy, the optimal parameter estimation of a mathematical model so as to best fit a data set ▪ In metrology, the set of operations carried out on an instrument in order that it provides given indications corresponding to given values of the measurand. ▪ In psychology, the behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment. Humans and animals regularly do this, for example, when they are stimulated by their physiological state to seek food, they eat to reduce their hunger and thus adjust to the hunger stimulus. Adjustment disorder occurs when there is an inability to make a normal adjustment to some need or stress in the environment. ▪ In statistics, it is the compensation for confounding variables...

Definition of adjustment in the English dictionary

The definition of adjustment in the dictionary is the act of adjusting or state of being adjusted. Other definition of adjustment is a control for regulating.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADJUSTMENT


agistment
əˈdʒɪstmənt
arrestment
əˈrɛstmənt
blastment
ˈblɑːstmənt
disafforestment
ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪstmənt
disinvestment
ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛstmənt
dismastment
dɪsˈmɑːstmənt
divestment
daɪˈvɛstmənt
encrustment
ɪnˈkrʌstmənt
encystment
ɛnˈsɪstmənt
enlistment
ɪnˈlɪstmənt
entrustment
ɪnˈtrʌstmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
maladjustment
ˌmæləˈdʒʌstmənt
overadjustment
ˌəʊvərəˈdʒʌstmənt
overinvestment
ˌəʊvərɪnˈvɛstmənt
readjustment
ˌriːəˈdʒʌstmənt
reenlistment
ˌriːɪnˈlɪstmənt
reinvestment
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstmənt
underinvestment
ˌʌndərɪnˈvestmənt
vestment
ˈvɛstmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADJUSTMENT

adjurer
adjuror
adjust
adjustability
adjustable
adjustable spanner
adjustably
adjusted
adjuster
adjustive
adjustmental
adjustor
adjutage
adjutancy
adjutant
adjutant bird
adjutant general
adjutant stork
adjutants general
adjuvancy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADJUSTMENT

advertisement
allotment
apartment
appointment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
department
disappointment
enactment
fire department
fitment
graphic design department
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of adjustment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADJUSTMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «adjustment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of adjustment

Translation of «adjustment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADJUSTMENT

Find out the translation of adjustment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adjustment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adjustment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

调节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ajuste
570 millions of speakers

English

adjustment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समायोजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضَبْط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

регулирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ajuste
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমন্বয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ajustement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelarasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anpassung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

調整
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangaturan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự điều chỉnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரிசெய்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समायोजन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayarlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

regolazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skorygowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пристосування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adaptare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσαρμογή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanpassing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

justering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

justering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adjustment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJUSTMENT»

The term «adjustment» is very widely used and occupies the 9.446 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJUSTMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adjustment

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10 QUOTES WITH «ADJUSTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word adjustment.
1
Leon Battista Alberti
Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
2
James Allen
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
3
John Anderson
Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance.
4
Peter Andre
Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything.
5
Joyce Banda
What I have said to my team is that at a point such as this, with 40% adjustment in our currency, it means that Malawians are paying the price. While that is going on, they need to see, us, the commitment on our part, particularly right at the top. The political will needs to go through this with the people, side by side.
6
Walter Benjamin
The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception.
7
Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.
8
Charles M. Blow
America is a living idea. It isn't only the tenets of its founding, but also the terms of its future. Every day, we make America. Seeking to preserve and enshrine one vision of this country from one period of its past robs it of what makes it magical: its infinite possibility for adjustment.
9
Lois McMaster Bujold
I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADJUSTMENT»

Discover the use of adjustment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adjustment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Behavior Adjustment Training
Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) was developed by Stewart to rehabilitate and prevent dog reactivity.
Grisha Stewart, 2013
2
Healthcare Risk Adjustment and Predictive Modeling
This text is listed on the Course of Reading for SOA Fellowship study in the Group & Health specialty track.
Ian G. Duncan, 2011
3
The Economics of Adjustment and Growth
This book provides a systematic and coherent framework for understanding the interactions between the micro and macro dimensions of economic adjustment policies; that is, it explores short-run macroeconomic management and structural ...
Pierre-Richard Agénor, 2004
4
The Politics of Economic Adjustment: International ...
This collection of essays offers new comparative analysis of these divergent experiences with macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment.
Stephan Haggard, Robert R. Kaufman, 1992
5
Structural Adjustment and the Working Poor in Zimbabwe: ...
The three studies in this volume provide a uniquely detailed account of the situation of various vulnerable groups between the inception of the programme and the end of 1993.
Peter Gibbon, 1995
6
Balance of Payments Adjustment: Macro Facets of ...
A detailed analysis of the two approaches, Monetary and traditional Keynesian, to international adjustment and balance of payments.
Augustine C. Arize, 2000
7
Human Rights and Structural Adjustment
M. Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli argue that, conversely, structural adjustment agreements usually cause increased hardship for the poor, greater civil conflict, and more repression of human rights, therefore resulting in a lower ...
M. Rodwan Abouharb, David Cingranelli, 2007
8
Affect, Creative Experience, and Psychological Adjustment
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Sandra Walker Russ, 1999
9
Peer Relationships and Adjustment at School
This volume brings together an impressive array of respected scholars to examine the varied and complex ways in which peers influence adolescents' beliefs and behaviors in the school context.
Allison M. Ryan, Gary W. Ladd, 2012
10
Understanding Psychosocial Adjustment to Chronic Illness and ...
This can be a long and trying process for both practitioner and client. With this handbook, however, practitioners and students can gain a wealth of insight into the critical issues clients face daily.
Fong Chan PhD, CRC, Dr. Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso PhD, Dr. Julie A. Chronister PhD, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADJUSTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adjustment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Adjustment sought in charge for generation
THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) wants to adjust generation charges to account for excess and shortfall in ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
2
Upland to review sewerage rate adjustment
UPLAND >> A rate adjustment proposed by the Inland Empire Utilities Agency could slightly increase sewerage treatment rates in this city ... «Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Jul 15»
3
Pete McLeod Altitude Adjustment at Budapest Red Bull Air Race
Peter Besenyei of Hungary performs during the qualifying day of the fourth stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Budapest, ... «Net Newsledger, Jul 15»
4
From the publisher: Civic attitude adjustment
If I told you about a business community that is home to nine Fortune 500 headquarter companies with combined revenue of nearly $200 billion ... «St. Louis Business Journal, Jul 15»
5
This is the most aggressive mid-game crotch adjustment we've ever …
Sometimes you just gotta fix your crotch in the middle of baseball game: Not only did the Cubs' Chris Coghlan need his crotch adjusted, the ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
6
Share “Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment approves...”
The Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment on Thursday approved a plan that could allow 12 horizontal oil and natural gas wells to be drilled in far ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
7
Scott Langley's Attitude Adjustment Leads to Opening 62 at The …
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. – With the season nearing its homestretch, Scott Langley knew that something had to change. His swing ... «Golf Channel, Jul 15»
8
Antoine Vermette makes 'easy adjustment' in return to Coyotes
After the Arizona Coyotes' 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins back on Feb. 28, Antoine Vermette held an emotional post-game scrum. The NHL trade ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
9
Mannion Making Adjustment to NFL
Quarterback is football's toughest and most important position, especially during a transition to the NFL, and through June, Rams' rookie Sean ... «StLouisrams.com, Jul 15»
10
Automatic price adjustment formula and workers pockets
It seems to me these days everything has been put on automatic price adjustment formula. The price of a gallon of petrol would see a further ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»

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