{
    "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’."
}