HOW TO PRONOUNCE
align
/əˈlaɪn/
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Stress “line”; the “g” is silent.
Begin with a light uh sound and put the main beat on the second syllable. Move from the long i vowel directly to n, without inserting a g sound.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“Please align the edges of the paper.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does align mean?
verb
- To form a line; to fall into line.
- To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
- To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
- To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
- To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
- To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlaɪn/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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To vertically align an item about 1/3 of the page use :directive:`vfill` once before the item and twice after the item.
These former the plebes were ordered to align.
More book examples (3)
As a beast, the forces of life aligned him with them; as a man, he has not yet wholly learned to align himself with the forces.
It is not my place to trace the growth in mind of the idea of the Absolute Good, or absolute right and wrong, with which a man must align himself.
But, however few they be, I do not hesitate to align myself with them as one who does not believe that the essential race problem as it exists in the South (whatever it be in the North) is stated, or even fairly indicated, in the foregoing answer.