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English
In alignment and out of alignment
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English alynen alinen ( “ copulate ” ) , from Middle French aligner Old French alignier a- lignier 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 linen
Pronunciation
Verb
align (third-person singular simple present aligns present participle aligning simple past and past participle aligned
( intransitive ) form a line ; to fall into line.
The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.
( transitive ) adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.( transitive ) organize in a consistent , defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense .( intransitive , reflexive ) identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
Synonyms: ally support side with ( transitive , computing ) 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 .( transitive , bioinformatics) linear arrangement of DNA , RNA , or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.( transitive , information science ) entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases .
Derived terms
Translations
to form in line; to fall into line
Bulgarian: строявам се ( strojavam se ) , подреждам се в линия ( podreždam se v linija )
Catalan: alinear -se
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對齊 / 对齐 (zh) ( duìqí )
Finnish: asettua riviin
French: aligner (fr)
German: in Linie stellen anreihen (de) , einordnen (de) , angleichen (de) , in Linie bringen ausrichten (de) , in Reihe stellen
Hungarian: egy vonalban van egy vonalba esik felsorakozik (hu) , sorban áll (hu) , igazodik (hu)
Irish: ailínigh
Italian: allineare (it)
Māori: whakarārangi
Portuguese: alinhar -se
Romanian: alinia (ro)
Russian: равня́ться (ru) ( ravnjátʹsja ) , стро́иться (ru) ( stróitʹsja ) , выстра́иваться в ли́нию ( vystráivatʹsja v líniju )
Spanish: alinearse
Turkish: hizalanmak hizaya geçmek
to adjust or form to a line
Bulgarian: изравнявам (bg) ( izravnjavam ) , подравнявам (bg) ( podravnjavam )
Catalan: alinear (ca)
Finnish: asettaa riviin rihdata
German: aufreihen (de) , ausrichten (de) , fluchten (de) , einfluchten in Linie bringen in Linie stellen anreihen (de) , einordnen (de) , angleichen (de) , in Reihe bringen anpassen (de) , in Linie stellen alignieren gleichrichten justieren (de) , koordinieren (de) , abgleichen (de)
Greek: ευθυγραμμίζω (el) ( efthygrammízo )
Hungarian: egy vonalba rendez sorba állít (hu) , összehangol (hu) , rendez (hu) , igazít (hu) , beállít (hu)
Irish: ailínigh ailíniú a dhéanamh ar
Māori: tīaroaro whakarārangi
Portuguese: alinhar (pt)
Russian: выра́внивать (ru) impf ( vyrávnivatʹ ) , вы́ровнять (ru) pf ( výrovnjatʹ ) , выстра́ивать в ли́нию ( vystráivatʹ v líniju )
Spanish: alinear (es)
Turkish: hizalanmak hizalamak (tr) , hizaya sokmak Ottoman Turkish: دیزمك ( dizmek ) ; قطارلامق ( katarlamak ) ( of a caravan or convoy )
to support or ally with someone, something, or a way of thinking
Catalan: alinear -se
Finnish: asettua jonkun kannalle liittoutua (fi)
French: aligner (fr)
German: sich abstimmen (de) , sich absprechen (de) , anpassen (de) , angleichen (de) , gleichrichten sich anschließen sich angleichen sich richten nach sich koordinieren sich abgleichen
Hungarian: igazodik (hu) , csatlakozik (hu)
Italian: aderire (it)
Polish: być sojusznikiem , być w sojuszu
Russian: равня́ться (ru) ( ravnjátʹsja )
Spanish: alinearse adherirse ingresar (es)
Turkish: uyuşmak (tr)
to store data in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture
to align DNA, RNA, or protein sequences
to identify equivalent entities in different knowledge bases
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