alongside

English

Etymology

along +‎ side

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.lɔŋˈsaɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ə.lɒŋˈsaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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The USS Harry S. Truman coming alongside the USNS John Lenthall for a fuel replenishment.

Adverb

alongside (not comparable)

1. Along the side; by the side; side by side with.

   Ahoy! Bring your boat alongside mine.

Translations

along the side; by the side; side by side with

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: (nautical) langskibs
• Estonian: kõrvuti
• Finnish: vieressä (fi)
• French: à côté de (fr) le long de (fr) Naut. par le travers (fr)
• Greek: (nautical) ακοστάρισμα (el) n (akostárisma), διπλάρωμα (el) n (diplároma), πλεύρισμα (el) n (plévrisma)
• Interlingue:
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• Italian: accanto (it)
• Japanese: に沿って (ja) (ni sotte)
• Portuguese: ao longo de
• Russian: вдоль (ru) (vdolʹ)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pódla

• Spanish: al costado, al lado (es)
• Swedish: längsmed (sv), längs (sv)

See also

• para-

Preposition

alongside

1. Together with or at the same time.
   • 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:

     The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.

   • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):

     A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.

   • 2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 71:

     Gatwick, on the other hand, is alongside the Brighton main line, with rail services both to the north (City and West End) and south.

   The nurse worked alongside the doctor.

Translations

together with or at the same time

• Arabic: تَزَامُنًا (tazāmunan)

  Egyptian Arabic: بالتزامن (betazamun)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: aan de zijde van
• Finnish: yhdessä (fi)
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• Italian: a fianco
• Japanese: に沿って (ja) (ni sotte)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: langsmed

  Nynorsk: langsmed

• Spanish: junto a, al lado de

References

• “alongside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.