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aligning

USuh-LY-ning/əˈlaɪnɪŋ/UKuh-LYN-ing/əˈlaɪnɪŋ/

2 meanings of aligning

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of align. Use this form for something happening right now.

    She spent the morning aligning the shelves so they sat level.

    The workers are aligning the new pipes with the old ones.

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    The act of putting things into a straight line or the right position.

    Like lining up toys in one neat row.

    The aligning of the desks took the whole class nearly an hour.

    A careful aligning of the parts made the machine run smoothly.

    Similarpositioning

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aligning is a form of align

align, verb: To move things so they form a straight line. Full entry

Forms
alignaligns he/she/italigning -ing formaligned past tense, past participle
Spelling
align → aligning: add -ing

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