verb🔗ShareTo form a line; to fall into line."The students are aligning themselves in a straight line before entering the classroom. "positionactionprocesssystemorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line."The students were aligning their desks in straight rows before the class began. "positionactionplanorganizationsystemChat 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 computer program is aligning the student records in memory to make it faster to find them. "computingtechnologyelectronicssystemstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person."She is aligning her study habits with her older brother's because he always gets good grades. "attitudemindpersonhumangroupsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity."The scientists were aligning the DNA sequences to identify the gene responsible for the new disease. "biologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
