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adjust

Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒʌst/

The English word “adjust” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To modify.
  2. To improve or rectify.
  3. To settle an insurance claim.
  4. To change to fit circumstances.

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- + just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was…

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