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align

/əˈlaɪn/

align verb: to form a line; to fall into line.

align: to form a line; to fall into line
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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.
    • 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, side with
  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.

align meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

align in Hindi

संरेखित करें

align in Tamil

அணிசேர், ஒழுங்கு செய், ஒழுங்குபடுத்து, நேர்ப்படுத்து, வரிசைப்படுத்து, வரிசைப்படுத்தல்

align in Urdu

قطار میں لانا, سیدھ میں لانا, ایک خَط میں لانا, صَف بَستَہ کَرنا, شانَہ بَشانَہ ہونا, ساتھ دینا

align in Bengali

শ্রেণীবদ্ধ করা, সারি দিয়া সাজান
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align in Telugu
సమలేఖనం చేయడానికి, సమలేఖనం చెయ్యడానికి
align in Malayalam
വരിവരിയായിനിർത്തുക, അണി നിരത്തുക, ക്രമീകരിക്കുക, സംവിധാനം ചെയ്യുക
align in Kannada
ಸಾಲಾಗಿ ಜೋಡಿಸು, ಸಾಲಾಗಿಡು, ಹೊಂದಿಸು, ಒಪ್ಪಂದ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
align in Gujarati
સંરેખિત કરવા, સંરેખિત કરો

Examples of align in a sentence

  • There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.
  • I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin will go off within 20 minutes or so.
  • It may take some shimming to get everything perfectly aligned.

All 40 example sentences with align

Synonyms of align

Forms of align

third-person singular presentaligns
present participlealigning
past participlealigned
pastaligned
alternative formaline

Past tense of align: aligned

Origin of align

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).

Words formed from align

Words that rhyme with align

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Questions about align

What does align mean?
Align means to form a line; to fall into line.
What is align in Hindi?
Align in Hindi is संरेखित करें. See Align meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is align?
Align is a verb.
How do you pronounce align?
Align is pronounced /əˈlaɪn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of align?
The past tense of align is aligned.

Words near align in the dictionary

  1. alighting
  2. alightings
  3. alightment
  4. alightments
  5. alights
  6. align
  7. alignability
  8. alignable
  9. aligned
  10. aligner
  11. aligners

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: align (page history and authors); align (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); align (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); align (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); align (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); align (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); align (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); align (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); align (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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