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Adjective: aligning  u'lI-ning
  1. Causing to fall into line or into position
    "The aligning images look crisper in the advertisement";
    - positioning
Verb: align  u'lIn
  1. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
    "align the car with the curb";
    - aline [non-standard], line up, adjust
     
  2. Be or come into adjustment with
     
  3. Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
    - array
     
  4. Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination
    "align the wheels of my car";
    - ordinate, coordinate

See also: orientating, orienting

Type of: adjust, agree, check, correct, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, marry, marry up, match, reorient, set, stand, tally

Antonym: skew

Encyclopedia: Aligning

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