Alignment meaning

What does “alignment” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“alignment” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.

alignment

an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Synonymsalliance coalition alinement
Oppositesnonalignment
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Synonymsconjunction
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University