Align

Definitions: Align

Align

Verb

1. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table".

2. Align with; be or come into adjustment.

3. Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.

4. Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "align" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Computing

Meteorology & Standards

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Align

Direction

Steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.

Crosswords: Align

References

• Align Technology, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Brick-and-Mortar Grocers Must Align Infrastructure Investments with Consumer Demand [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Competing in the Information Age: Align in the Sand (reference)

• Essential Self, Essential Style: Align Your Inner Essence and Outer Expression (reference)

• Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed (reference)

• Money for Life: How You Can Create a Financial Plan for Life & Align Your Investments With Your Values (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Multinational energy companies continue to invest in Korea, as they align themselves with domestic counterparts to gain a better position by which to bid on the Gencos. (references)

Children

Botswana

Laws pertaining to children continued to be under review to align them with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

A majority of professors and students align themselves with either the ruling GPC party or the opposition Islaah party. (references)

Solomon Islands

However, the Government does not subsidize church schools that do not align their curriculums with governmental criteria. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

The third Committee is reviewing the corporate law and regulatory framework, to align Singapore's corporate law with international best practices. (references)

Indonesia

Indonesia continues to align itself with Non-Aligned Movement and G-77 foreign policy views, often taking unhelpful positions on issues of international human rights concern. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

In 2000 the Government issued directives intended to align the country's arrest, interrogation, and detention procedures more closely with internationally accepted standards. (references)

Political Economy

Ecuador

At present, given that 2001 is the pre-electoral year, it appears that political parties and forces in Congress, the TSE and the TC are endeavoring to align themselves strategically in preparation for the election. (references)

Yemen

Members of the security forces tortured and otherwise abused persons, and continued to arrest and detain citizens arbitrarily, especially oppositionists in the south and other persons regarded as "secessionists." Directives intended to align the country's arrest, interrogation, and detention procedures more closely with internationally accepted standards generally were implemented during the year. (references)

POLAND

Under the 1997 European Conformity Assessment Agreement, Poland agreed to introduce an EU-compatible certification system; to gradually align its regulations and certification procedures with the those of the EU; to remove from mandatory certification those products free from certification requirements in the EU; and to automatically provide a "B" safety certificate to EU products subject to mandatory certification. (references)

Trade

Spain

Forecasts predict that eastern and central European countries that now align their currencies to the Deutch Mark (DM) and African countries that align theirs to the French Franc (FF) will adopt the Euro for international business. (references)

Poland

Poland agreed to gradually align its regulations and certification procedures with the EU to remove from mandatory certification those products free from certification in the EU and to automatically provide a "B" safety certificate to EU products subject to mandatory certification. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "align": align oneself with ♦ align oneself with smb.. Additional references.

Ending with "align": re-align.

Albanian

rreshtoj (Aline, array, line, line up, rank), radhit (Aline, compose, range, rank, recapitulate, recite), radhis (Aline, range, rank, recapitulate), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, direct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نظم القوى, ‏تحيز (favor, favoritism, favour, favouritism, inequality, odds, partiality, prejudice), ‏تراصف (range, stratify), ‏إنحاز, ‏إصطف (echelon, rank, row, stand, string, toe the line). (various references)

Bulgarian 

строявам (draw up, form, line up), привличам (allure, appeal, attach, attract, draw on, entice, fetch, inveigle, invite, pull, seduce, whip up), подреждам в права линия. (various references)

Chinese 

�'列 (aligned, aligning, ARRAYED, Arraying, Collocate, Collocated, Collocating, Ranged, ranging, ranked). (various references)

Czech

vyrovnat se (Aline, compensate, countervail, flatten), seřadit (array, dress, line up, order, string), postavit do řady. (various references)

Danish

stille på linie (range type), rette op (adjust), rette ind (adjust, train), justere (adjust, bring into position, justify, move into position, position, reposition, reset, set, to adjust, to fit). (various references)

Dutch

aligneren (to align, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range), richten (direct, guide, locate, locate from a mark, manage, register, register against a mark, steer, to straighten, train), rechttrekken (train), justeren (adjust, justification, justifying, to align, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range), in de lijn plaatsen (justify, range type). (various references)

Farsi 

ردیف کردن (Row, Tier), دریک ردیف قرارگرفتن , درصف امدن , بصف کردن (String). (various references)

Finnish

asettaa (adjust, approach, bring into position, instal ... in office, lay, move into position, place, position, put, reinstate in one's post, set, to mount, to set), tasata (distribute evenly, divide evenly, divide into equal parts, to regulate, to smooth), sovittaa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, arrange, atone for, build into, combine, conciliate, expiate, fit in, incorporate into, make amends for, mediate, suit, to adjust, to fit), säätää (adjust, bring into position, direct, move into position, position, prescribe, regulate, reposition, reset, set), kohdistaa (direct, to adjust, to fit, turn). (various references)

French

aligner (to align). (various references)

German

ausrichten (accomplish, achieve, act out, alignment, arrange, bias, bring into line, carry through, deliver, gear, give a message, joggle, justify, line up, locate, organize, orient, orientate, pass on, position, positioning, range, relay, roll out, tell, to align, to flush, to justify, to orient, to quad, to range, to smooth, to straighten, train, trueing, truing). (various references)

Greek 

ευθυγραμμίζω (collimate, German, Italian and Netherlands laws the French and Luxembourg concepts, to align, to bring into line second paragraph of Article 4 of the Convention of 27.9.1968 merely brings into line with the Belgian, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range, to straighten). (various references)

Hebrew 

לס�"ר בשור�" (line, rank). (various references)

Hungarian

kiegyenesít (conk, erect, straighten, to even, to hone, to rectify, to set aright, to straighten, unbend), felsorakoztat (line up, rank, row, to align, to draw up, to front, to line, to line up, to rank, to row, to row up), felsorakozik (fall in, line up, Marshal, to align, to draw up, to fall in line, to fall into line, to form line, to line up), elrendez (arrange, dispose, Marshal, order, organize, pigeon-hole, tidy up, to arrange in tiers, to array, to calendar, to dispose, to do up, to lay out, to marshal, to pigeonhole, to pose, to put to rights, to range, to rank, to set sg to rights, to square, to tidy, to tidy up, trim). (various references)

Indonesian

menjajarkan (make parallel, place in a row), meluruskan (straighten). (various references)

Italian

allineare (dress, embattle, fall into line, install, line, line up, put up, range, range type, set up, situate, to align, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range). (various references)

Korean 

동조하십시�". (various references)

Manx

cur ayns un linney, cheughey (alignment, ally, side). (various references)

Pig Latin

alignay

Portuguese

alinhar (Aline, edging, German, get in line, Italian and Netherlands laws the French and Luxembourg concepts, line, range, range type, to bring into line second paragraph of Article 4 of the Convention of 27.9.1968 merely brings into line with the Belgian). (various references)

Romanian

alinia (come into the line, line, range), îndrepta (aim, amend, bend, better, cast, chasten, correct, direct, drive, guide, head for, improve, lead, mend, point at, reclaim, recover, redeem, redress, reduce, reform, remedy, right, send, set, shape, steer, straighten, tend, train, unbend). (various references)

Russian 

равняться (amount to, be, be equal to, equal, peer, total), выстраивать в линию, выстраивать (array, ramp up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svrstati (assort, classify, line up, match, place, rank), postrojiti (aline, array, line up, muster, range), poređati (aline). (various references)

Spanish

alinear (Aline, justify, line, line up, play, range type, to align, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range). (various references)

Swedish

ställa upp på rät linje (Aline), räta upp (Aline), justera (adjust, bring into position, configure, end-butting, end-trimming, equalising, equalizing, injure, move into position, overhaul, position, set, to adjust, to align, to fit, to flush, to justify, to quad, to range, trimming), inställa (adjust, appear, approach, cancel, install, position, set). (various references)

Turkish

sıraya koymak (arrange, order, put in order, rank), sıralanmak (Aline, be arranged, line up, range), sıralamak (Aline, arrange, array, collate, collocate, compile, concatenate, juxtapose, line up, Marshal, put in order, range, string), hizaya sokmak, dizmek (Aline, arrange in a row, draw up, juxtapose, Marshal, range, rank, set, set in type, set out, set up in type, string), dizilmek (Aline, be arranged, rank). (various references)

Ukranian 

ставати в шеренгу, рівнятися (be equivalent, coincide), шикуватися (form up, rank), шикувати, вишиковуватися, вишиковувати, націлювати, наводити (adduce, cite). (various references)

Welsh

cyfunioni. (various references)

directa, directae, directam, directo, directum, directus, direxerat, direxerit, direxeritis, direxerunt, direxi, direxisset, direxisti, direxit, direxitque, dirigam, dirigamus, dirigantur, dirigas, dirigat, dirigatur, dirige, dirigebant, dirigebar, dirigendos, dirigens, dirigentes, dirigentur, dirigeret, diriges, diriget, dirigetur, dirigi, dirigit, dirigite, dirigunt, diriguntur. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "align": aligned, aligner, aligners, aligning, alignment, alignments, aligns. (additional references)

Words ending with "align": malign, misalign, realign. (additional references)

Words containing "align": malignance, malignances, malignancies, malignancy, malignant, malignantly, maligned, maligner, maligners, maligning, malignities, malignity, malignly, maligns, misaligned, misaligning, misalignment, misalignments, misaligns, nonaligned, nonalignment, nonalignments, nonmalignant, premalignant, realigned, realigning, realignment, realignments, realigns, unaligned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Align" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abigne, Adigun, ahlan, aig, Aigu, Aigun, Alagi, alaign, alain, alang, albignac, alding, aleg, alfin, algen, algi, algia, algii, Aliaga, alian, aliegn, alig, aligen, aligent, aligh, aligne, Alijon, alin, alina, aling, Alkin, allign, alliin, allin, alog, alogn, Alogo, alorn, alsing, Aoin, Arigna, asign, Aslin, Atlin, Aulin, eligon, Ialign, lagin, lign, olig, Saligo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: algin, liang, ligan, linga.

-1 letter: agin, anil, gain, glia, lain, lang, ling, nail.

-2 letters: ail, ain, ani, gal, gan, gin, lag, lin, nag, nil.

-3 letters: ag, ai, al, an, in, la, li, na.

+1 letter: agnail, ailing, algins, aligns, baling, gainly, genial, gingal, haling, jingal, lacing, lading, laking, laming, lasing, laving, lawing, laying, lazing, liangs, ligand, ligans, linage, lingam, lingas, lingua, malign, nilgai, nilgau, paling, signal, waling.

+2 letters: ablings, addling, agnails, aligned, aligner, alining, allying, ambling, analgia, aneling, angelic, anginal, anglice, angling, angrily, ankling, antilog, argling, atingle, bailing, balding, balking, balling, bawling, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, cabling, calking, calling, calming, calving, carling, catling, cingula, clawing, claying, coaling, darling, dealing, dialing, eanling, elating, engrail, fabling, failing, falling, fatling, finagle, flaking, flaming, flaring, flawing, flaying, foaling, gabling, gainful, galenic, gallein, galling, ganglia, gaoling, gelatin, geminal, genital, gingall, gingals, glaring, glazing, gliadin, goaling, graplin, hailing, haloing, halting, halving, hauling, healing, intagli, jailing, jingall, jingals, lacings, lacking, ladings, ladling, lagging, lairing, lakings, lalling, lambing, lamming, lamping, lancing, landing, languid, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, larding, larking, lashing, lasting, lathing, lauding, lawings, lazying, leading, leafing, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, ligands, linages, lineage, lingams, linguae, lingual, linkage, linsang, loading, loafing, loaming, loaning, logania, mailing, maligns, malling, malting, mangily, marling, mauling, nailing, nargile, nilgais, nilgaus, nilghai, nilghau, nylghai, paginal, palings, palling, palming, parling, pealing, placing, planing, plating, playing, railing, realign, reginal, sailing, salting, salving, sapling, scaling, sealing, signals, slaking, slating, slaving, slaying, staling, tabling, tailing, talcing, talking, unagile, vaginal, vailing, valuing, valving, vealing, vialing, wailing, walking, walling, wauling, wawling, whaling, yawling, yealing.

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