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readjust

[ ree-uh-juhst ]

/ ˌri əˈdʒʌst /

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verb (used with object)

to adjust again or anew; rearrange.

Origin of readjust

First recorded in 1735–45; re- + adjust

OTHER WORDS FROM readjust

re·ad·just·a·ble, adjective re·ad·just·er, noun

Words nearby readjust

reading desk, reading group, reading notice, reading room, reading week, readjust, readjustment, readmission, readmit, readout, readthrough

Example sentences from the Web for re-adjust

Leave Fourier and the departed in peace, and endeavor only to re-adjust the pieces of your syllogism.

What is Property? |P. J. Proudhon
They could adjust their course with the jets, check with instruments, and re-adjust—again and again.

Comet's Burial |Raymond Zinke Gallun
For the pupil to benefit, he should re-adjust the Series for himself.

Assimilative Memory |Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
They regulate their use and re-adjust the regulations, sometimes at almost every meeting of the court.

The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century |Richard Henry Tawney

The government is determined to re-adjust conditions out here–to enforce this new law to the letter.

The Coming of the Law |Charles Alden Seltzer

British Dictionary definitions for re-adjust

readjust

/ (ˌriːəˈdʒʌst) /

verb

to adjust or adapt (oneself or something) again, esp after an initial failure

Derived forms of readjust

readjustable, adjective readjuster, noun readjustment, noun