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    READJUST

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they readjust  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it readjusts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: readjusted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: readjusted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: readjusting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Adjust anewplay

    Example:

    After moving back to America, he had to readjust

    Synonyms:

    readapt; readjust

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    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 failureplay

    Synonyms:

    readjust; reset

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    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

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