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Meanings of adjustment in English

Portuguese
ajustamento

Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances.

ajustamento
Portuguese
modificação
Catalan
modificació
Spanish
alteración

The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

modificação
Portuguese
reajuste
Catalan
reajustament

The act of adjusting something to match a standard.

reajuste
Portuguese
adaptação
Catalan
adaptació
Spanish
adaptación

The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

adaptação
Usage of adjustment in English
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It will also support an IMF adjustment programme, a Commission statement said.
Reuters
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Similar results were seen for mortality after adjustment for Framingham risk factors.
Pubmed
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These survivors are at risk for short and long-term psychological adjustment problems.
Pubmed
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The method is inductive and therefore independent of any particular risk-adjustment technique.
Pubmed
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The identified risk factors will aid in surgical planning and risk adjustment.
Pubmed
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However, these results were no longer significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
Pubmed
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The elements of the risk score may need adjustment in different settings.
Pubmed
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However, previous studies are limited by lack of adjustment for important confounders.
Pubmed
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A period of painful adjustment is simply going to have to happen.
Reuters
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However, the association was no longer significant after adjustment for psychiatric symptoms.
Pubmed
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These effects remained significant following adjustment for a number of confounding variables.
Pubmed
12
Perhaps one day we will learn that Newton's gravity indeed requires adjustment.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
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Further adjustment for family history of diabetes did not alter the results.
Pubmed
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Dose adjustment of vicriviroc is therefore not necessary in renally impaired populations.
Pubmed
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After further adjustment for clinical risk factors and medications, results were similar.
Pubmed
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This association persisted after adjustment for individual-level income, education, and health behaviours.
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Translations for adjustment
Adjustment through the time
Adjustment across language varieties
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
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