verb🔗ShareTo form a line; to fall into line."The students aligned their notebooks neatly on the table before the test. "positionsystemorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line."Please align the books neatly on the shelf. "positiondirectionorganizationsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."The compiler will align the student record data so that each field starts at a memory address that's a multiple of 4 bytes, which makes accessing the information faster. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person."To fit in at the new school, Sarah tried to align her clothing choices with the popular kids. "attitudemindpersonsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity."The scientists aligned the DNA sequences to identify the shared regions of genetic code. "biologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading