ALIGN
What does "ALIGN" mean?
To arrange things in a straight line, or to bring into agreement.
Meanings
- To place or arrange in a straight line or in correct relative position. He aligned the picture frames along the hallway.
- To bring into agreement, cooperation, or correspondence. We need to align the marketing and product roadmaps.
- To give support to a person, group, or cause. The smaller party aligned itself with the reformers.
Did you know?
- To 'align' is to bring 'into a line' - and the 'line' itself traces back to Latin 'linum', the flax plant whose taut thread was the original straightedge.
Word origin
From French 'aligner', from the phrase 'a ligne' (into a line), from Latin 'linea' (a line), itself from 'linum' (flax, linen thread).
Remember it
ALIGN literally contains 'A LINE' (a-li-(g)-n) - to align is to set things along a line.
A little poem
Nudge the last frame straight-
the wall exhales. One degree
was holding the room.
haiku
Wordplay
- My team finally aligned on the plan. We stood in a perfectly straight row and agreed to do completely different things.
What it teaches
Alignment is not sameness: things in a line still point the same way without ever touching.
Quick facts
What does ALIGN mean?
To arrange things in a straight line, or to bring into agreement.
Is ALIGN a valid word?
Yes — ALIGN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ALIGN?
ALIGN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ALIGN come from?
From French 'aligner', from the phrase 'a ligne' (into a line), from Latin 'linea' (a line), itself from 'linum' (flax, linen thread).
What can ALIGN teach us?
Alignment is not sameness: things in a line still point the same way without ever touching.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.