Meaning of adjustment In English

• 0 a small change:

  • She made a few minor adjustments to the focus of her camera.

• 1 the ability to become more familiar with a new situation:

  • He has so far failed to make the adjustment from school to work.

• 2 a slight change made to something to make it fit, work better, or be more suitable, or the act of making such a change:

  • A small adjustment at the right place can make a significant difference.

  • If the colour does not appear quite right, check your monitor settings for adjustment.

  • adjustment to sth The final plan will serve as an adjustment to the two-year budget approved last year.

• 3 a slight change to figures according to inflation, the time of year, etc. so that they can be compared in a useful way with other figures, or the act of making such a change:

  • adjustment to sth The finance minister will again delay the inflation adjustment to excise duty on petrol.

  • adjustment for sth The population has been split into 10 equal groups, ranked by income, after adjustment for family size.

• 4 the process of becoming more familiar with a new situation:

  • make an adjustment This is a very, very big adjustment for us to make.

• 5 the job of getting information about an accident, theft, etc. in order to decide how much money to pay an insurance customer:

  • There was a breach in the insurance companies' adjustment and payment.

• 6 the amount of money that an insurance company pays to a customer who has been involved in an accident, had something stolen, etc.:

  • After calculating what the adjustment should have been, they analyse how the insurance company adjustments deviated from reality.