all along

English

Pronunciation

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Adverb

all along

1. (duration, idiomatic) For the entire time; always.

   He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along.

Translations

for the entire time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 始終／始终 (zh) (shǐzhōng), 一直 (zh) (yīzhí)

• Dutch: allang (nl)
• Esperanto: ekde la komenco
• Finnish: koko ajan (fi), kaiken aikaa
• French: dès le départ, depuis le début
• Georgian: თავიდანვე (tavidanve)
• German: die ganze Zeit, schon immer, von Anfang an (de)
• Greek: ανέκαθεν (el) (anékathen), εξ αρχής (ex archís), πάντα (el) (pánta)
• Indonesian: selama ini
• Italian: fin dall'inizio, da sempre
• Japanese: ずっと (ja) (zutto)
• Polish: od samego początku, przez cały czas
• Portuguese: desde o começo, o tempo todo
• Romanian: în tot acest timp
• Russian: всё вре́мя (vsjo vrémja), с са́мого нача́ла (s sámovo načála)
• Slovak: vždy, odvždy, odjakživa, od začiatku, po celý čas
• Spanish: todo el tiempo, desde el inicio
• Swedish: hela tiden (sv)
• Ukrainian: увесь цей час (uvesʹ cej čas), весь час (vesʹ čas)

Preposition

all along

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all,‎ along.

   All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs. Why orange?