adjust (v)
set (v)
correct#9 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
examples Adjust the clock, please
correct the alignment of the front wheels
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Frame - 21 Somebody ----s something PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym change, alter, modify
Derivationally related form correct → corrective
Derivationally related form adjust → adjustive; adjust → adjustable; adjust → adjustment; adjust → adjuster
Hyponym proportion; modulate; temper; tune, tune up; calibrate, graduate, fine-tune; tune, tune up; time; trim; zero, zero in; zero; readjust, reset; attune; time; set; regulate, modulate; focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen; synchronize, synchronise, sync; pressurize, pressurise; depressurize, depressurise, decompress; match, fit; plumb; align, ordinate, coordinate; harmonize, harmonise, reconcile; linearize, linearise; justify; citify
Incoming links
Derivationally related form adjustive → adjust; adjustable → adjust; adjustment → adjust; adjuster → adjust
Derivationally related form corrective → correct
Hyponym change, alter, modify
Hypernym proportion; modulate; temper; tune, tune up; calibrate, graduate, fine-tune; tune, tune up; time; trim; zero, zero in; zero; readjust, reset; attune; time; set; regulate, modulate; focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen; synchronize, synchronise, sync; pressurize, pressurise; depressurize, depressurise, decompress; match, fit; plumb; align, ordinate, coordinate; harmonize, harmonise, reconcile; linearize, linearise; justify; citify

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