Word: adjustment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ad
just
ment
Definition: The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
Morphemes:
Affix: adjust
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To change to fit circumstances.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to, up to, towards
Affix: iūs
Language: la
Decoded: ius
PoS: Noun
Meaning: subjective right, individual right
Affix: -tus
Language: la
Decoded: -tus
Meaning: adjective
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.