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alignment

/əˈlaɪn.mənt/noun3 syllables

Alignment means: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.

Synonyms for alignment4

noun, as in an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

alliance, coalition, alinement

noun, as in (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

Opposites of alignment

nonalignment

What does alignment mean?4

noun

1

an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

2

(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

3

the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

4

the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with alignment?4

three syllables

assignmentconfinementrefinementconsignment
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Alignment in a sentence

  • Crosswind landings require coordinated rudder and aileron input to maintain alignment to the runway.Lumi
  • The engineer measured the axial alignment of the rotating shaft.rul
  • My side mirror is out of alignment.unknown
  • What effects would planetary alignment have?marcelostockle
  • Your wheels are out of alignment. You need to take the car in for service.AlanF_US
  • Why can't I edit the vertical alignment in LO Base form?ZegPhig
  • Syzygy is the alignment of three celestial bodies, in this case the Sun, Moon and Earth.Cangarejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of alignment

as a noun

plural
alignments