align

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/əˈlaɪn/ (UK)
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/əˈlaɪn/ (UK) · /æˈlaɪn/ (UK)

Definition of align

7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To form a line; to fall into line.
    “The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To form a line; to fall into line.
    “The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.”
  2. (transitive)To adjust 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.
  5. (transitive)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)To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
  7. (transitive)To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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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