adjust

/ə-ˈjəst/

borrowed from French ajuster (earlier and Middle French also spelled adjuster), going back to Old French ajouster "to make comply with," from a- (going back to Latin ad- ad--jouster, verbal derivative of juste "right, exact"

verb

  1. to bring to a more satisfactory state:

  2. settle, resolve

  3. rectify

had to adjust our approach

adapt adjust accommodate conform reconcile mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances. adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.

verb

  1. to adjust (something or oneself) again

On three samples we bought, the running belt wouldn't maintain the proper tension, so we had to readjust it every few hours …