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Align

verb

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Verb

1
To form a line; to fall into line. intransitive
"The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern."
2
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight wordnet
3
To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. transitive
4
bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation wordnet
5
To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense. transitive

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6
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking wordnet
7
To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country. intransitive, reflexive
8
be or come into adjustment with wordnet
9
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. transitive
10
To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity. transitive
11
To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases. transitive

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).

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