aligned
/əˈlaɪnd/
aligned is the simple past and past participle of align.
Adjective
aligned (comparative more aligned, superlative most aligned)
- Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
- 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)
- To form a line; to fall into line.
- The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.
- To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
- To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
- To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
- 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.
- To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
Forms of aligned
| comparative | more aligned |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aligned |
Words formed from aligned
Phrases with aligned
Words that rhyme with aligned
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rind
- signed
- unbind
- unkind
- unmind
- chined
- combined
- defined
- designed
- Glynde
- hind
- inclined
- intertwined
- rebind
- spined
- to one's mind
- unassigned
- undersigned
- uninclined
- unlined
- upwind
- vined
- wynd
- amind
- animalkind
- assigned
- brined
- crined
- declined
- dined
- enshrined
- entwined
- fined
- humankind
- mined
- misaligned
- pined
- presence of mind
- re-signed
- realigned
- reassigned
- redefined
- redesigned
- remind
- resigned
- rined
- shined
- twined
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
Source and license
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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