English
align
Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /əˈlaɪn/, /æˈlaɪn/
Verb

align (aligns, present participle aligning; simple past and past participle aligned)

  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.
    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.
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