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- pronunciation:
juhst
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noun |
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An adjustment is a change you make in something. An adjustment often fixes something that is slightly wrong.
The seat in the car was too far back, so Evan's dad made an adjustment.My teacher made an adjustment to my grade after I made all the corrections she asked for.- similar words:
- regulation
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change, correction |
The word adjustment
contains the following part:
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, armament, arrangement, commandment, compartment, complement, compliment, department, document, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, improvement, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, regiment, sediment, sentiment
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