align

align

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English Online Dictionary. What means align‎? What does align mean?

English

Alternative forms

  • aline (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English alynen, alinen (copulate), from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from a- + lignier, from Latin lineare (make straight or perpendicular), from the noun linea (line), from līneus (flaxen; flaxen [thing]), from līnum (flax), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līnom (compare linen).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈlaɪn/, /æˈlaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

align (third-person singular simple present aligns, present participle aligning, simple past and past participle aligned)

  1. (intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.
  2. (transitive) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  3. (transitive) To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
  4. (intransitive, reflexive) To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
    Synonyms: ally, support
  5. (transitive, computing) 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. (transitive, bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
  7. (transitive, information science) To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.

Derived terms

  • alignment
  • non-aligned
  • stars are aligned, stars align

Translations

Anagrams

  • Gilan, Glina, Laing, Langi, Liang, algin, ganil, liang, ligan, linga

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