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Antonyms for re-adjust


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-uh-juhst
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri əˈdʒʌst



Definition of re-adjust

Origin :
  • also readjust, 1742, from re- "back, again" + adjust. Related: Readjusted; readjusting.
  • As in regulate : verb manage, organize
  • As in balance : verb make equal; cause to have equilibrium
  • As in suit : verb adapt, tailor
  • As in readjust : verb rearrange
  • As in rearrange : verb do over
  • As in adapt : verb adjust to a different situation or condition
  • As in adjust : verb mechanically alter, especially to
Example sentences :
  • For the pupil to benefit, he should re-adjust the Series for himself.
  • Extract from : « Assimilative Memory » by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • They could adjust their course with the jets, check with instruments, and re-adjust—again and again.
  • Extract from : « Comet's Burial » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • At the time of which we speak political parties in England were trying in vain to re-adjust an equable balance.
  • Extract from : « The Arbiter » by Lady F. E. E. Bell
  • Leave Fourier and the departed in peace, and endeavor only to re-adjust the pieces of your syllogism.
  • Extract from : « What is Property? » by P. J. Proudhon
  • The quagga would soon stop, and he could then repair the bit, and re-adjust the bridle which he still held in his hands.
  • Extract from : « The Bush Boys » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • They regulate their use and re-adjust the regulations, sometimes at almost every meeting of the court.
  • Extract from : « The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century » by Richard Henry Tawney
  • The government is determined to re-adjust conditions out here–to enforce this new law to the letter.
  • Extract from : « The Coming of the Law » by Charles Alden Seltzer

Synonyms for re-adjust

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