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Alignment

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 adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

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Broader term 8

Adjustment 76% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Encounter 76% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

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Meeting 76% connected

of Meet

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Readjustment 76% connected

A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

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Registration 76% connected

The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

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Narrower term 5

Allies 76% connected

of Ally

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Axis 76% connected

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

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Camber 76% connected

An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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Combination 76% connected

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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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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Derivationally related 4

Align 74% connected

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

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Align 74% connected

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

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Aline 74% connected

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

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Aline 74% connected

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

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Member part 1

Ally 70% connected

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often fo…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 4

Alinement 92% connected

Same as Alignment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alliance 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Coalition 92% connected

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conjunction 92% connected

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strategy 84% connected

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

strategy vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Consistency between goals, decisions and activity.

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