adjustment

Definition

Examples

We made a small adjustment to the schedule to fit the new deadline.

Word Family

Synonyms

• modificationthe act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
• alterationan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
• adaptationa written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

Collocations

• Easy minor adjustment
  describing minor adjustment (a young person of either sex)
• Medium salary adjustment based on performance
  describing salary adjustment based on performance (something that remunerates)
• Hard seasonal adjustment of unemployment data
  describing seasonal adjustment of unemployment data (a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons)
• Very Hard macroeconomic structural adjustment program
  describing macroeconomic structural adjustment program (of or relating to macroeconomics)