MEANING
Change the positions, priorities, or relationships of things so they fit a different pattern.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- realign priorities
- realign resources
On the page
The agency realigned resources with its revised responsibilities.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- realign
- Past tense
- realigned
- Past participle
- realigned
- Present participle
- realigning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- realign
- Present continuous
- am/is/are realigning
- Present perfect
- have/has realigned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been realigning
- Past
- realigned
- Past continuous
- was/were realigning
- Past perfect
- had realigned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been realigning
- Future
- will realign
- Future continuous
- will be realigning
- Future perfect
- will have realigned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been realigning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: realign; realigns; realigned; realigned; realigning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: realigns.
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