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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Old English andlang from prefix and- + lang (“long”).
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Preposition[edit]
along
- By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
- 1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Cooper Beeches”, in Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[1], page 294:
- 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
- In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
- Bible, 1 Samuel vi. 12
- The kine […] went along the highway.
- 1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, in Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[2], page 93:
- 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[3], 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
Translations[edit]
by the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise
in a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward
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along (not comparable)
- In company; together.
- I am going to the store. Do you want to come along?
- Onward, forward, with progressive action.
- Don't stop here. Just move along.
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onward, forward
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