different between adjust vs acclimatise

English

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”). Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxt?re, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.

2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.

3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Synonyms

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• udjats

English

Verb

acclimatise (third-person singular simple present acclimatises, present participle acclimatising, simple past and past participle acclimatised)

1. Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]

     The England manager can be encouraged by more evidence that Rickie Lambert has quickly acclimatised to international football, with another headed goal to add to the one he scored against Scotland, but Welbeck's ban comes at a time when Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll are already out and Daniel Sturridge is likely to join them.