- adjustment, accommodation, fitting - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
--1 is a kind of improvement, betterment, advance
--1 has particulars: shakedownDerived form: verb adjust3 - alteration, modification, adjustment - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
--2 is a kind of change
--2 has particulars:loosening, laxation; tightening; accommodation; adaptation; tune Derived form: verb adjust4 - adjustment, registration, readjustment - the act of adjusting something to match a standard
--3 is a kind of calibration, standardization, standardisation
--3 has particulars:alignment; collimation; temperament; tune-up; synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising; voicing Derived form: verb adjust1 - adaptation, adjustment - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
--4 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--4 has particulars:acclimatization, acclimatisation, acclimation; dedifferentiation; domestication; specialization, specialisation, differentiation Derived form: verb adjust3 - allowance, adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
--5 is a kind of recompense
--5 has particulars:cost-of-living allowance; depreciation allowance; deduction, discount; seasonal adjustment Derived form: verb adjust5