Dictionary entry

Adjustment

Pronunciation: /əˈdʒʌs(t)m(ə)nt/

Pronunciation

/əˈdʒʌs(t)m(ə)nt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ပြင်ဆင်ချက်။ ညှိခြင်း။

Definition

adjust / ǝ'dʒʌst / v ၁။ ~ (sth/ oneself) (to sth) အလိုက္သင့္ ျပဳမူေနထိုင္သည္။ ေနက်င့္ရသည္။ က်င့္သားရသည္။ အထာ က်သည္။ ညိႇသည္။ Many former soldiers have difficulty in adjusting to civilian life. ❍ It took several seconds for his eyes to adjust to the gloom. ❍ The body quickly adjusts itself to changes in temperature. ❍ adjust one's plans ❍ Inform your tax office that you are now married and they will adjust your tax code. ၂။ (က) အေနအထားျပဳျပင္သည္။ ကိုက္ညိႇသည္။ ညိႇသည္။ adjust the rear mirror/ the focus of a camera/ the sights of a gun ❍ The brakes need adjusting. (ခ) သပ္ရပ္ေအာင္ျပဳျပင္သည္။ He smoothed his hair down and adjusted his tie. ❏ adjustable adj အေနအထားျပဳျပင္ႏိုင္ေသာ။ အရွင္။ adjustable seat-belts ❍ The height of the chair is adjustable. ❏ adjustment n [C,U] ျပင္ဆင္ခ်က္။ ညိႇျခင္း။ I've made a few minor adjustments to the seating plan. ❍ a period of emotional adjustment ❍ Some adjustment of the lens may be necessary.

Examples

  1. Stir in the lemon juice and adjust the seasoning.
  2. [adjust something for something] : The figures have been adjusted for inflation.
  3. She stopped to adjust the strap on her sandal.
  4. When economic circumstances change
  5. businesses need time to adjust.
  6. [adjust to] : It took her two years to adjust to life in England.
  7. Give your eyes time to adjust.
  8. [adjust to] : Her eyes gradually adjusted to the gloom.