Synonyms:
adjust, set, correct
Meaning: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
Synonyms:
align, aline, line_up, adjust
Meaning: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
Synonyms:
adjust, conform, adapt
Meaning: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
Synonyms:
adjust
Meaning: make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
Usage examples
He was beginning to adjust his latest impressions to his earlier idea of her.
The cases of dreams and fever-delirium are as hard to adjust to Professor Stout's modified criterion as to Hume's.
They found that the earthquake shock had slightly disturbed the apparatus, and it took them half an hour to adjust it.
He seemed to be trying to adjust himself to some mental experience he could neither share with others nor explain to himself.
Every intelligent laborer who can adjust, adapt, fit himself for more intelligent action will rise above the machine and profit by its presence.
We get nothing which may be carried over to foresee what is likely to happen next, and no gain in ability to adjust ourselves to what is coming--no added control.
If machines displace labor rapidly, men who cannot adjust themselves to the new conditions suffer, and there are always some who cannot adjust themselves, always some who suffer.
He chased Fidilini over half the mountainside while the others were resting, and he carried the chafing-dish for a couple of miles because it refused to adjust itself nicely to the pack.
A moderate force applied to any of the senses gives the maximum clearness or pleasure. Man is constantly endeavoring to secure forces from the outer world and to adjust motion so that it will directly or indirectly best serve his purposes.
In the midst of these negotiations he was directed to proceed to Madrid as Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to adjust the difficulties between the United States and Spain, in relation to the boundaries of the new purchase of Louisiana.