adjustment

«adjustment» in Mova's school dictionary: a small change to make something work better, fit better… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an adjustment, adjustments)

meaning for a pupil

1) An adjustment is a small change to make something work better, fit better or be more correct. tree →

2) Adjustment is getting used to a new situation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and DT, pupils make adjustments to experiments or models. In everyday life: adjusting a bike seat, a watch, a recipe. In maths, adjusting an estimate. Phrases: make an adjustment, a slight adjustment, period of adjustment.

examples

• Dad made an adjustment to my bike seat. tree →
• After a small adjustment, the car rolled straighter. tree →
• Moving to a new school takes some adjustment. tree →
• The recipe needs an adjustment for 8 people. tree →
• She made adjustments to her answer after checking. tree →
• The glasses needed an adjustment to fit. tree →
• One adjustment: add 2 more spoons of flour. tree →
• Turn the knob for fine adjustment of the microscope. tree →

note

Starts with a vowel: "an adjustment". Verb: adjust. Countable. Spelling: a-d-j-u-s-t-m-e-n-t.

In the corpora

• "Workforce adjustment" means layoffs (business jargon, common in Canada).
• "Price adjustment" usually means a price increase.
• "Price adjustment" usually means the price went up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «adjustment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.