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{
"term": "alignment",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "arrangement in a straight line",
"sensetop": "out of alignment (with something)in alignment (with something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the alignment of the sun, moon and earth at a particular time"
},
{
"text": "A bone in my spine was out of alignment.",
"contextForm": "out of alignment (with something)"
},
{
"text": "The door needs to be in alignment with the frame before you start work on it.",
"contextForm": "in alignment (with something)"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["correct", "proper"],
"verb + alignment": ["bring something into"],
"preposition": ["in alignment (with something)", "out of alignment"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a situation in which something is in the correct relationship with something else",
"sensetop": "alignment between A and Bin alignment (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Alignment between our commercial and creative goals is crucial.",
"contextForm": "alignment between A and B"
},
{
"text": "We will implement policies in alignment with our fiscal goals.",
"contextForm": "in alignment (with something)"
},
{
"text": "Property prices are too high and need to be brought back into alignment."
},
{
"text": "Reforms are needed to help bring Social Security into alignment with modern ways of living."
},
{
"text": "They need a rebate system to bring everything back into alignment."
},
{
"text": "Is it possible to achieve full alignment between different parts of the EU on regulation?"
},
{
"text": "ways to ensure alignment with ethical business practices"
},
{
"text": "This conference is in alignment with our goal of being completely transparent about the project."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "political, business or other support given to one country or group by another",
"sensetop": "alignment with somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "our alignment with a leading data management company",
"contextForm": "alignment with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The new prime minister has moved into a much closer alignment with America."
},
{
"text": "IT needs to have a closer alignment to business."
},
{
"text": "It has been very difficult to maintain the alignment between the two countries since the trade dispute."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["close", "military", "political"],
"verb + alignment": ["establish", "form", "maintain"],
"preposition": ["alignment between", "alignment to", "alignment with"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈlaɪnmənt/",
"audio": "al/alignment/alignment__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈlaɪnmənt/",
"audio": "al/alignment/alignment__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 18th cent.: from French alignement, from aligner, from à ligne ‘into line’."
}