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schieramento

alignment

noun skyeh-rah-MEN-toh Less Common

Also means

deployment

Usage Note

Schieramento (m.) comes from schierare (to line up troops) and means both a military deployment and a political alignment or coalition — lo schieramento del centro-destra (the centre-right bloc). In sports it can denote a team's line-up or formation.

Examples

"Lo schieramento politico è cambiato."

Natural Translation

The political alignment has changed.

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