align

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ALIGNCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ALIGN alynen, alinen (“copulate”), from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#ALIGN aligner, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ALIGN alignier, from a- + lignier, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ALIGN lineare (“make straight or perpendicular”), from the noun linea (“line”), from līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ALIGN *līnom (compare linen).

Pronunciation

Verb

align (third-person singular simple present aligns, present participle aligning, simple past and past participle aligned)Category:English lemmas#ALIGNCategory:English verbs#ALIGNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALIGNCategory:Pages with entries#ALIGNCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ALIGN

  1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ALIGN) To form a line; to fall into line.
    The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.Category:English terms with usage examples#ALIGN
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ALIGN) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ALIGN) To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
  4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ALIGN, reflexiveCategory:English reflexive verbs#ALIGN) To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
    Synonyms: ally, support, side with
  5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ALIGN, computingCategory:en:Computing#ALIGN) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
  6. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ALIGN, bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
  7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ALIGN, information scienceCategory:en:Information science#ALIGN) To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.

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