align

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

   I aligned the car with the curb.

2. 2
   verb

   to bring components or parts into proper or desirable coordination correlation

   I aligned the wheels of my car.

3. 3
   verb

   to be or come into adjustment with

   I aligned the wheels.

4. 4
   verb

   To form a line; to fall into line.

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

5. 5
   verb

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

6. 6
   verb

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

7. 7
   verb

   To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.

8. 8
   verb

   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.

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).