Слово англійською: adjust
Дієслово
Переклад adjust українською: відрегулюва́ти (при́стрій і т. д.), попра́вити, упорядкува́ти, (osf) to sth адаптува́тися, пристосува́тися до чо́го
Детальний опис
- [transitive] to change something slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better
- adjust something Watch out for sharp bends and adjust your speed accordingly.
- This button is for adjusting the volume.
- The brakes need to be adjusted.
- adjust something to something Adjust your language to the age of your audience.
- [intransitive, transitive] to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and/or think synonym adapt
- They'll be fine—they just need time to adjust.
- adjust to something After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark.
- adjust to doing something It took her a while to adjust to living alone.
- It can be difficult to adjust to being a parent.
- adjust yourself to something You'll quickly adjust yourself to student life.
- My eyes were still trying to adjust themselves to the strong sunlight.
- [transitive] adjust something to move something slightly so that it looks neater or feels more comfortable
- He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie.
see also well adjusted Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the senses ‘harmonize discrepancies’ and ‘assess loss or damages’): from obsolete French adjuster, from Old French ajoster ‘to approximate’, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + juxta ‘near’.
Idioms - (Indian English) (mainly in writing) used to acknowledge and apologize for something that causes problems or difficulties and ask people to accept and adapt to the situation
- The store will be closed this afternoon due to staffing shortages. Kindly adjust.