aligned

[uh-lahynd]

adjective

1. arranged in a straight line.

   The perfectly aligned rows of rubber trees looked like the giant formal garden of an English lord’s manor.

2. arranged in a specified way.

   The term “desktop” typically refers to a computer with a vertically aligned computer case containing the system’s hardware components.

3. adjusted or synchronized for coordinated functioning; in alignment.

   Research has shown that properly aligned tires can save up to 4% on fuel consumption.

   The pain may be caused by overuse, injury, excess weight, or an improperly aligned kneecap.

4. associated or affiliated with a particular group, cause, or ideology.

   You can meaningfully communicate your company’s values by donating a portion of your proceeds to an aligned nonprofit organization.

   The position requires a doctorate in Public Health or an earned doctorate in a closely aligned discipline.

5. systematically coordinated.

   We will work with your business to identify and manage a strategically aligned portfolio of projects.

6. (of stars) in an astrologically significant position.

   The book captures the highest point of the team’s franchise—the 1982 season—and the aligned stars which made it possible.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of align.

Other Word Forms

• unaligned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of aligned¹

align ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Each of our aircraft on order have been carefully factored into Emirates’ growth plan, which is aligned to Dubai’s growth plans.”

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It’s now a full-blown police state aligned with Caracas.

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Conference of Catholic Bishops released its message, the group elected as its next president Diocese of Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley, whose public politics have so far mostly aligned with those of his deep-red state.

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Across the world, economic policy isn’t aligned with the new reality that aggregate productivity is determined by standouts, stragglers, and how capital and resources are reallocated between those groups.

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Carnegie’s central idea—that success at work depends less on technical knowledge and more on how one relates to people—aligned with the white-collar, consumer-driven economy emerging in the 1930s.

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