READJUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does readjust mean? 

• READJUST (verb)
  The verb READJUST has 2 senses:

1. adjust anew

2. adjust again after an initial failure

  Familiarity information: READJUST used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• READJUST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they readjust    ... he / she / it readjusts   
Past simple: readjusted   
Past participle: readjusted   
-ing form: readjusting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adjust anew

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

readapt; readjust

Context example:

After moving back to America, he had to readjust

Hypernyms (to "readjust" is one way to...):

adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

readjustment (the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adjust again after an initial failure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

readjust; reset

Hypernyms (to "readjust" is one way to...):

adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something