1.  adjust(v = verb.change) correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms adjective adjustable₂, noun adjuster₁, adjective adjustive₁, noun adjustment₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

2.  adjust(v = verb.change) align, aline, line up - 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"
is one way to reorient
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  adjust(v = verb.change) adapt, conform - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
is one way to change
Derived forms adjective adjustive₁, noun adjustment₁, noun adjustment₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

4.  adjust(v = verb.change) Array - make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
is one way to accommodate, adapt
Derived forms adjective adjustable₁, noun adjustment₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody

5.  adjust(v = verb.cognition) Array - decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim; Array
is one way to adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle
Derived forms noun adjustment₅, noun adjustor₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard. [1913 Webster]

2.  To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. [1913 Webster]
"Adjusting the orthography." [1913 Webster]

3.  To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted. [1913 Webster]

4.  To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope. [1913 Webster]

adjust, v.
1 tr. a arrange; put in the correct order or position. b regulate, esp. by a small amount.
2 tr. (usu. foll. by to) make suitable.
3 tr. harmonize (discrepancies).
4 tr. assess (loss or damages).
5 intr. (usu. foll. by to) make oneself suited to; become familiar with (adjust to one's surroundings).

Derivative:
adjustable adj. adjustability n. adjuster n. adjustment n.

Etymology:
F adjuster f. OF ajoster ult. f. L juxta near

VB  be accordant, agree, accord, harmonize, correspond, tally, respond, meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to, fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with, dovetail, assimilate, fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T, match, become one, homologate, consent, render accordant, fit, suit, adapt, accommodate, graduate, adjust, dress, regulate, readjust, accord, harmonize, reconcile, fadge, dovetail, square.

VB  be equal, equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast, come to, amount to, come up to, be on a level with, lie on a level with, balance, cope with, come to the same thing, render equal, equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise, fit, accommodate, adapt, strike a balance, establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium, readjust, stretch on the bed of Procrustes.

VB  prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.

VB  be in order, become in order, form, fall in, draw up, arrange itself, range itself, place itself, fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank, rally round, adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.

VB  compromise, commute, compound, take the mean, split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take, come to terms, submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration, patch up, bridge over, arrange, straighten out, adjust, differences, agree, make the best of, make a virtue of necessity, take the will for the deed.