alignment

US /əˈlɑen.mənt/ UK /əˈlaɪn.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #19053

Meanings

1

noun
Agreement or support between people, groups, or ideas.

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

alignement French

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# alignment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈlɑen.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈlaɪn.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 19053

## Meanings
1. Agreement or support between people, groups, or ideas.
2. The correct arrangement or position of parts in a straight line.

## Examples
- There is close alignment between the two parties on this issue.
- The mechanic checked the alignment of the car's wheels.

## Derived Forms
- antialignment
- autoalignment
- coalignment
- dealignment
- disalignment
- hyperalignment
- malalignment
- misalignment
- multialignment
- non-alignment
- nonalignment
- overalignment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: alignement

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

## AI Etymology
Alignment is from French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean agreement or support between people, groups, or ideas, or the correct arrangement or position of parts in a straight line. Derived formations include antialignment, autoalignment, coalignment, dealignment, disalignment.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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