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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#m1)

2) Adjustment is getting used to a new situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x1)
- After a small adjustment, the car rolled straighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x2)
- Moving to a new school takes some adjustment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x3)
- The recipe needs an adjustment for 8 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x4)
- She made adjustments to her answer after checking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x5)
- The glasses needed an adjustment to fit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x6)
- One adjustment: add 2 more spoons of flour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x7)
- Turn the knob for fine adjustment of the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/#x8)

### 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).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/9/)
- ["Price adjustment" usually means a price increase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/24/)
- ["Price adjustment" usually means the price went up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adjustment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjustment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.