align

Verb

Verb Forms: aligned, aligning, aligns

To place or arrange things in a straight line.
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- "align the car with the curb"
- "align the sheets of paper on the table"
be or come into adjustment with
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
- "align the wheels of my car"
To form a line; to fall into line.
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.
To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.

Examples

I need to align these letters perfectly to hit both triple score bonuses.
The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.

Origin / Etymology

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).

Synonyms

adjust, aline, array, coordinate, line up, ordinate, ally, side with, support

Antonyms

skew

Scrabble Score: 6

align: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
align: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
align: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

align: valid Words With Friends Word