Betekenis van adjust In het Nederlands

• 0 to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable:

  • If the chair is too high you can adjust it to suit you.

  • As a teacher you have to adjust your methods to suit the needs of slower children.

  • She adjusted her skirt, took a deep breath, and walked into the room.

• 1 to become more familiar with a new situation:

  • I can't adjust to living on my own.

  • Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark.

  • The lifestyle is so very different - it takes a while to adjust.

• 2 to change something slightly to make it fit, work better, or be more suitable:

  • [ T ] Adjust the angle of your monitor so you can easily read it.

  • [ I ] You need time to adjust to a new situation.

• 3 to change something slightly to make it fit, work better, or be more suitable:

  • You may need to adjust the image on your screen to keep it centered.

  • They fail to update information on an ongoing basis and adjust sales strategies accordingly.

  • Contractors have been slow to adjust their recruiting strategies to take account of these changes.

• 4 to change figures slightly according to inflation, the time of year, etc. so that they can be compared in a useful way with other figures:

  • adjust sth for sth Payouts from the fund, when adjusted for inflation, are 20% less today than they were 10 years ago.

  • The region's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.9% this spring.

• 5 to become more familiar with a new situation:

  • adjust to sth Restaurant owners will get additional time to adjust to the new regulations.

• 6 to decide how much money will be paid to an insurance customer or to pay them the money:

  • adjust a claim We adjust flood-related claims according to general company and industry standards.