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alignalign /əˈlaɪn/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYalignOrigin: 1400-1500 French aligner, from ligne line VERB TABLEalign |
Present | I, you, we, they | align | | he, she, it | aligns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | aligned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have aligned | | he, she, it | has aligned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had aligned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will align | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have aligned |
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Present | I | am aligning | | he, she, it | is aligning | | you, we, they | are aligning | Past | I, he, she, it | was aligning | | you, we, they | were aligning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been aligning | | he, she, it | has been aligning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been aligning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be aligning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been aligning |
1[intransitive, transitive] to publicly support a political group, country, or person you agree with: align (yourself) with somebody/something Church leaders aligned themselves with Conservatives.2[intransitive, transitive] to arrange things so that they form a line or are parallel to each other, or to be arranged in this way: The desks were neatly aligned.3[transitive] to organize or arrange something so that it has the right relationship with something else: align something with something We have to align our budget with our goals. |