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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. Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination
    "align the wheels of my car";
    - ordinate [rare], coordinate
     
  3. Be or come into adjustment with
    "The company's goals aligned with the new market trends"
     
  4. Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
    "She aligned herself with the progressive faction";
    - array

Derived forms: aligned, aligning, aligns

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

Encyclopedia: Align