Complete Definition of "along"

English

rank|therefore|feet|lay|329|along|four|wish|gone

Etymology
From ME. � OE. andlang; prefix and- (akin to Old Frisian ond-, Old High German ant-, G. ent-, Gothic and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. αν�ί, Sanskrit anti (�over against�) + lang (�long�)). See long.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/��l��/, SAMPA|/@"lQN/
a|US IPA|/��l��/, SAMPA|/@"lON/
audio|en-us-along.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: a·long

Preposition
along

  1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.

#* They were waiting for me in the drawing-room, which is a very large room, stretching along the entire front of the house, with three long windows reaching down to the floor. � Doyle

  1. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.

#* Swiftly and silently he made his way along the track which ran through the meadows. � Doyle

Derived terms
rel-top3|Terms derived from the prepositional sense of along
herealong
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therealong
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wherealong
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Translations
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Arabic: t-|ar|بجا�ب|sc=Arab i|bijá:nib
Dutch: t+|nl|langs
Finnish: t-|fi|pitkin (1,2)
French: t-|fr|le long de
German: t+|de|entlang
Icelandic: t-|is|meðfram
Italian: t+|it|lungo
Japanese: �t-|ja|�沿��|sc=Jpan i|�ni sótte
Korean: t-|ko|���|sc=Hang i|ttaraseo
Polish: t|pl|wzd�uż (1,2), t|pl|na ca�ej d�ugo�ci (1)
Portuguese: t|pt|ao longo de
Russian: t+|ru|вдол�|sc=Cyrl i|vdol�
Spanish: t-|es|a lo largo de
Swedish: t-|sv|längs
Romanian: t-|ro|in lungul, t-|ro|dealungul

Adverb
along

  1. In company; together.

#* I am going to the store. Do you want to come along with me?

Translations
trans-top|Along (adverbial sense)
Finnish: t+|fi|mukana, t+|fi|mukaan
Korean: t-|ko|� ���|sc=Hang i|eul ttaraseo
Ido: t+|io|alonge|xs=Ido
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Japanese: ��沿�� (�ni sotte)
Polish: t|pl|razem
Romanian: t-|ro|impreuna
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Related terms
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all along
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along of
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coming along<!-- Meaning �making progress� -->
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get along
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Category:200 English basic words
Category:English prepositions

ar:along
fr:along
ko:along
hy:along
io:along
it:along
hu:along
pl:along
pt:along
simple:along
fi:along
ta:along
te:along
vi:along

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