Used in a Sentence

aligned

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for aligned.

Editorial note

They are reacting as if it were a Soviet-aligned Communist party with a plan to cancel elections.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of aligned gathered in one view.

adjective

Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).

adjective

(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for aligned.

Example sentences

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They are reacting as if it were a Soviet-aligned Communist party with a plan to cancel elections.

2

The leap from git repo hosting to almost any other profitable and aligned business seems huge.

3

The public infrastructure which you've described didn't 'fail' because of lack of funding, it 'failed' because of lack of aligned incentives.

4

Rather, the AI's existing utility functions might not be aligned with human utility functions from the outset, which could have negative consequences.

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It makes sense to own your own system, rather than rely on a third party whose interests may not remain aligned with yours.

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To an extent FAR greater than when Zuck made the offer to Instagram, people were aligned in saying Evan S should take the offer.

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Implement a MK test that can run on your aligned fasta file.

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The compiler won't undo this since it's an optimization (1x aligned 64-bit compare is more efficient than 8x 8-bit compares, seven of which are unaligned).

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Straight teeth and an aligned bite are typically more functional.

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Perhaps this is my inner Ultra-American speaking, but I think it's perfectly fine for people to feel aligned, even owned, by their brands.

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Have projects magically aligned to budgets and schedules?

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It's possible that not all shareholders are aligned.

Quote examples

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Those cover a large (and growing, because Google and the OEMs are both aligned on this) chunk of your "left hanging" users.

2

The nice thing is that for pointers, tagging is "free", for the lowest 4 bits of a 16-byte aligned pointer are not used anyway.

3

I didn't even realise you were supposed to scroll until I eventually saw the tiny vertically-aligned text saying "Scroll down to see more" - when will they learn?

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Especially two concepts it discussed: 1) The possibility of structuring CEO compensation to be aligned with debt-to-equity ratio instead of stock option grants, and 2) "proxy access" - granting longer-term shareholders more governance rights.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use aligned in a sentence?

They are reacting as if it were a Soviet-aligned Communist party with a plan to cancel elections.

What does aligned mean?

Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).

What part of speech is aligned?

aligned is commonly used as adjective.