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aligned

/əˈlaɪnd/

aligned is the simple past and past participle of align.

Adjective

aligned (comparative more aligned, superlative most aligned)

  1. Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
  2. (figuratively) Allied or working together with a common goal.
    • AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.2023 March 22, “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter”, in Future of Life Institute

Meaning of align

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.

See all 7 meanings of align

Forms of aligned

comparativemore aligned
superlativemost aligned

Words formed from aligned

Phrases with aligned

Words that rhyme with aligned

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Questions about aligned

What does aligned mean?
Aligned means having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
What is aligned the simple past and past participle of?
Aligned is the simple past and past participle of align.
What part of speech is aligned?
Aligned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aligned?
Aligned is pronounced /əˈlaɪnd/.

Words near aligned in the dictionary

  1. alightments
  2. alights
  3. align
  4. alignability
  5. alignable
  6. aligned
  7. aligner
  8. aligners
  9. aligning
  10. alignings
  11. alignment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aligned (page history and authors); align (page history and authors). 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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