alignment
UK/əˈlaɪn.mənt/
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Australia/əˈlɑen.mənt/
alignment noun: an arrangement of items in a line.
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Noun
alignment (countable and uncountable, plural alignments)
- An arrangement of items in a line.
- The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
- An alliance of factions.
- The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
- the alignment problem
- the alignment tax
- One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
- an alignment chart
- The conjunction of two celestial objects.
- The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
- A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
- A ground plan of a canal or road.
alignment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
alignment in Hindi
- संरेखण, संरेखन
alignment in Tamil
- நெறிப்படுத்தல், ஒருங்கிணைப்பு, ஒழுங்கமைப்பு, நேரமைப்பு, நேர்செய்தல், சீர்செய்தல்
alignment in Marathi
- संरेखन, संरेखण
alignment in Urdu
- صف بندی, قطار بندی, ترتیب کی درستگی
More languagesFewer languages
- alignment in Bengali
- সারিবদ্ধকরণ
- alignment in Telugu
- సమలేఖనం
- alignment in Malayalam
- അലൈൻമെൻ്റ്, അലൈൻമെന്റ്
- alignment in Kannada
- ಸರಿನಿಲುವು, ಸಾಲು, ಪಂಕ್ತಿ, ಗೆರೆಸಾಲು
- alignment in Gujarati
- સંરેખણ
- alignment in Nepali
- संरेखण, पङ्क्तिबद्धता, पङ्क्तिबद्धकरण
- alignment in Indonesian
- kesegarisan, alinyemen, trase
- alignment in Thai
- การปรับแนว, การปรับตรง
Examples of alignment in a sentence
- It turns out that there’s little overlap between the communities concerned primarily with such short-term risks and those who worry more about longer-term alignment risks.2022 December 13, Melanie Mitchell, “What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values?”, in Quanta Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Simons...
- But many in the field are concerned that Big Tech companies are sidelining alignment research efforts in the race to keep building and releasing the technology into the world.2023 February 17, Billy Perrigo, “The New AI-Powered Bing Is Threatening Users. That's No Laughing Matter”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time...
Forms of alignment
| plural | alignments |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | alinement |
| alternative form (archaic) | allignment |
| alternative form (obsolete) | alignement |
Origin of alignment
From French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment.
Words formed from alignment
- alignment chart
- alignment diagram
- alignment problem
- alignment tax
- antialignment
- autoalignment
- coalignment
- dealignment
- disalignment
- entity alignment
- frame-alignment recovery time
- hyperalignment
- malalignment
- misalignment
- multialignment
- non-alignment
- nonalignment
- ontology alignment
- overalignment
- photoalignment
- postalignment
- prealignment
- pseudoalignment
- realignment
- stone alignment
- subalignment
- superalignment
- time alignment
- unalignment
- vertical alignment
- waterfowl alignment
Phrases with alignment
Questions about alignment
- What does alignment mean?
- Alignment means an arrangement of items in a line.
- What is alignment in Hindi?
- Alignment in Hindi is संरेखण, संरेखन. See Alignment meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use alignment in a sentence?
- It turns out that there’s little overlap between the communities concerned primarily with such short-term risks and those who worry more about longer-term alignment risks.
- What part of speech is alignment?
- Alignment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alignment?
- Alignment is pronounced /əˈlaɪn.mənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alignment?
- The plural of alignment is alignments.
Words near alignment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alignment (page history and authors); alignment (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alignment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alignment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alignment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alignment (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alignment (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alignment (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alignment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alignment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alignment (Nepali, 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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