different between adjust vs retool
adjust
English
Etymology
From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”). Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxt?re, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Verb
adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)
- (transitive) To modify.
- (transitive) To improve or rectify.
- (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
Synonyms
- (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- udjats
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retool
English
Etymology
re- +? tool
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?-to?ol, IPA(key): /ri??tu?l/
- Rhymes: -u?l
Verb
retool (third-person singular simple present retools, present participle retooling, simple past and past participle retooled)
- (transitive) To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.
- He decided it was time to retool last year's marketing brochure.
Translations
Anagrams
- looter, oolert, rootle, tooler
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