along

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English andlang from prefix and- + lang (“long”).

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[edit] Preposition

along

  1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
    • (Can we date this quote?), w:Doyle
      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.
  2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
    • (Can we date this quote?), w:Doyle
      Swiftly and silently he made his way along the track which ran through the meadows.
    • 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
      In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

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Terms derived from the prepositional sense of along

[edit] Translations

by the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise
in a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward
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[edit] Adverb

along (not comparable)

  1. In company; together.
    I am going to the store. Do you want to come along?
  2. Onward, forward, with progressive action.
    Don't stop here. Just move along.

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[edit] Translations

in company, together
onward, forward

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