US /əˈlɑen.mənt/ UK /əˈlaɪn.mənt/
noun Freq #19053

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Agreement or support between people, groups, or ideas.

    There is close alignment between the two parties on this issue.

  2. 2
    noun

    The correct arrangement or position of parts in a straight line.

    The mechanic checked the alignment of the car's wheels.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms alignments
Derived forms antialignmentautoalignmentcoalignmentdealignmentdisalignmenthyperalignmentmalalignmentmisalignmentmultialignmentnon-alignmentnonalignmentoveralignment

Etymology

From French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment.

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