along
[ uh-lawng, uh-long ]
/ əˈlɔŋ, əˈlɒŋ /
preposition
adverb
Verb Phrases
get along.
get1(def 36).
Idioms for along
all along,
all the time; throughout: I knew all along that it was a lie.
be along, Informal.
to arrive at a place; come: They should be along soon.
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British Dictionary definitions for along
along
/ (əˈlɒŋ) /
preposition
over or for the length of, esp in a more or less horizontal plane
along the road
adverb
continuing over the length of some specified thing
in accompaniment; together with some specified person or people
he says he'd like to come along
forward
the horse trotted along at a steady pace
to a more advanced state
he got the work moving along
along with
accompanying; together with
consider the advantages along with the disadvantages
Word Origin for along
Old English
andlang, from
and- against +
lang
long
1; compare Old Frisian
andlinga, Old Saxon
antlang
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