alignment
Từ điển Collocation
alignment noun
1 arrangement in correct position
ADJ. correct
VERB + ALIGNMENT bring sth into
PREP. in ~ (with sth) The door needs to be in alignment with the frame before you start work on it. | out of ~ A few of the tiles were clearly out of alignment.
2 political support
ADJ. close | military, political
VERB + ALIGNMENT establish, form | maintain
PREP. ~ between It is very difficult to maintain the alignment between the two countries since the trade dispute. | ~ with Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty; alliance, coalition, alinement
- 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; conjunction
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. The arrangement of objects in fixed or predetermined positions, rows, or columns. For example, the Macintosh Finder can do automatic alignment of icons in a folder or on the desktop.