alignments
Sayuh-LYN-muhntsUS · UK/əˈlaɪn.mənts/AUS/əˈlɑen.mənts/
- 1Plural of alignment.
The survey recorded the alignments of the ancient stone rows.
Political alignments shifted rapidly during the election year.
Note
The plural counts what the singular can also treat as a mass noun. Uncountable alignment names a state, as in wheels out of alignment. The plural counts separate cases: rows of standing stones, alliances among factions, the moral positions a game character may take, conjunctions of celestial bodies. When you mean a condition rather than distinct instances, the singular usually reads more naturally.
alignments is a form of alignment
alignment, noun: An arrangement of items so that they sit evenly along a straight line. Full entry
- Forms
- alignmentalignments plural
- Spelling
- alignment → alignments: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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