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Align

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Manner of action 9

Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Collimate 76% connected

To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

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Concenter 76% connected

Alt. of Concentre

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Concentre 76% connected

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

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Focalize 76% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Synchronize 76% connected

To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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True 76% connected

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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Broader term 13

Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Correspond 76% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 76% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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Jibe 76% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Reorient 76% connected

Rising again.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Derivationally related 4

Alignment 74% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alignment 74% connected

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alliance 74% connected

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alliance 74% connected

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Adjust 92% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Aline 92% connected

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Array 92% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coordinate 92% connected

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ordinate 92% connected

Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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