adjustment

/əˈdʒʌstmənt/

意味: 調整

例文: Lena made a glitter adjustment—cat sparkles followed.
　　  レナがラメを調整→猫がきらきら化。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: make an adjustment（調整を行う）, minor adjustment（小さな調整）, salary adjustment（給与調整）

定義: 何かを少し変えて、より良くすることや合うようにすること。環境や条件に応じた対応の意味もあります。

adjustmentは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Noun: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Noun: the act of adjusting something to match a standard
Noun: the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Noun: an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The adjustment to the new schedule took some time to accept.(新しいスケジュールへの適応には時間がかかりました。)
I made a quick adjustment to my plans for the weekend.(週末の予定をすぐに調整しました。)
The committee’s adjustment of the policy reflects our commitment to improvement.(委員会の政策の調整は、改善への私たちのコミットメントを反映しています。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: an allowance for profit

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): accommodation, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, allowance, alteration, fitting, modification, readjustment, registration

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): calibration, change, improvement, organic process, recompense

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): about-face, adaptation, adjustment, adulteration, agglutination, aging, allowance, alteration, anovulation, antisepsis, assimilation, autoregulation, bacteriostasis, blooming, bodily process, carbon cycle, catabolism, cell division, change of direction, change of integrity, change of magnitude, change of shape, change of state, communization, compensation, conservation, conversion, crossing over, cytokinesis, decimalization, defoliation, demotion, deossification, digestion, diversification, downshift, eburnation, ecchymosis, effacement, entail, erythropoiesis, eutrophication, evolution, expression, extravasation, filtration, flux, gastrulation, glycogenesis, growth, hematopoiesis, heredity, humification, hypostasis, implantation, inhibition, invagination, involution, karyokinesis, keratinization, krebs cycle, lymphopoiesis, lysogenization, maturation, metabolism, metamorphosis, metrification, motion, move, movement, nationalization, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen fixation, nondevelopment, nutrition, organification, ossification, ovulation, oxidative phosphorylation, parturition, pathologic process, perennation, preservation, promotion, protein folding, quellung, quickening, recovery, reduction, refinement, regeneration, regulation, replication, reproduction, resorption, revival, ripening, rollover, satisfaction, secretion, secularization, segregation, shedding, substitution, summation, switch, symphysis, synapsis, synizesis, transcription, transduction, translation, translocation, transpiration, tumefaction, tuning, turning, ulceration, updating, variation, vascularization, vesiculation

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): acclimatization, accommodation, adaptation, alignment, collimation, cost-of-living allowance, dedifferentiation, deduction, depreciation allowance, domestication, habituation, loosening, readjustment, seasonal adjustment, shakedown, specialization, synchronization, tare, temperament, tightening, tune, tune-up, voicing

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, fit, modify, register

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ment

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: