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align

/əˈlaɪn/ verb C1
  1. To form a line; to fall into line. (intransitive) · The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.
  2. To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. (transitive)
  3. To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense. (transitive)
  4. To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country. (intransitive)
  5. 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. (transitive)
  6. To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity. (transitive)
  7. To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases. (transitive)

He/she/it aligns · Past aligned · Past participle aligned · -ing form aligning

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Verb forms

Base form
align
He/she/it
aligns
Past
aligned
Past participle
aligned
-ing form
aligning

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