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ALINE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they aline ... he / she / it alines
Past simple: alined
Past participle: alined
-ing form: alining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Example:
align the sheets of paper on the table
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "aline" is one way to...):
reorient (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "aline"):
address (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)
synchronise; synchronize (cause to indicate the same time or rate)
realign; realine (align anew or better)
true; true up (make level, square, balanced, or concentric)
collimate (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))
concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
