alignment

alignment is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
2. noun. The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
3. noun. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
4. noun. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
5. noun. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

   Synonyms: conjunction

6. noun. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

   Synonyms: alinement, alliance, coalition

Synonyms

conjunction, alinement, alliance, coalition

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in alignment:

lamenting

Common word forms

alignments

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