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bijstelling — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adjustment noun A small change made to improve or correct something.
  • apposition noun A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  • tweak verb To make a small adjustment to something in order to improve it.

Senses

bijstelling is used for these senses in English:

  • adjustment The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
  • apposition (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  • tweak A slight adjustment or modification.

adjustment — full definition

  1. noun A small change made to improve or correct something.
  2. noun The process of getting used to a new situation.

apposition — full definition

  1. noun A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.
  2. noun The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
  3. noun The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
  4. noun A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

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