align
To form a line; to fall into line.
Example
“The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.”
Other meanings
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.
Synonyms
- line up
- adjust
Related words
- antialigning
- nonaligning
- alignable
- autoalign
- coalign
- dealign
- disalign
- misalign
- overalign
- prealign
- pseudoalign
- realign
Word history
From Latin "lineo".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “align” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.