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Added 9 October 2026

adjust

/əˈd͡ʒʌst/ verb

In Latin: accommodō, adapto Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about adjust at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To modify.
Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.
To improve or rectify.
He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.
To settle an insurance claim.

Origin

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 reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus; if so, it is a doublet of adjute.

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