1. Causing to fall into line or into position
   "The aligning laser helped position the machinery correctly";
   - positioning

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

See also: orientating, orienting

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

Encyclopedia: Aligning