align

CEFRC1

/əˈlaɪn/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To place things in a straight line or matching position.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

Examples

  • Align yourself with the Will to Unify...

  • I tried to align the pieces of metal perfectly together before soldering them.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.

  2. To form a line; to fall into line.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • We can use braces to align your teeth better.

  • The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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).