along
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɒŋ/
ipa: /əˈlæŋ/
ipa: /əˈlɔŋ/
ipa: /əˈlɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
rhymes: -ɔŋ
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.
Senses: examples: text: John played the piano and everyone sang along.
text: From The Best of You to The Pretender, their own material invariably came equipped with huge choruses designed to be bellowed along to; they covered Another One Bites the Dust and Under Pressure; they gave every impression of being willing to play all night were it not for the curfew.
ref: 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
glosses: In company; together.
examples: text: Don't stop here. Just move along.
text: I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Onward, forward, with progressive action.
Synonyms: word: alongst
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from the preposition or adverb
word: all along
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word: along about
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word: along of
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word: alongshelf
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word: alongshore
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word: alongside
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word: along the lines
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word: along the lines of
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word: along the way
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word: along those lines
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word: along with
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word: be along
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word: bring along
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word: bumble along
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word: clapalong
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word: come-along
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word: come along
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word: cosy along
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word: crack along
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word: cut along
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word: drag-along right
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word: drift along
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word: follow along
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word: following along
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word: fool along
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word: gee along
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word: get along
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word: git along
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word: go-along
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word: go along
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word: go along to get along
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word: grub along
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word: happen along
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word: help along
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word: herealong
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word: hitch in one's get-along
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word: home-along
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word: hum along
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word: inch along
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word: jolly along
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word: knitalong
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word: lamp along
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word: let along
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word: lie along
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word: light along
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word: move along
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word: muddle along
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word: pass along
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word: play along
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word: poke along
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word: pootle along
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word: push along
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word: ramp along
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word: read along
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word: read-along
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word: ride-along
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word: ride along
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word: rip along
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word: rock along
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word: rub along
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word: run along
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word: scrape along
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word: sing-along
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word: singalong
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word: sing along
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word: sling along
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word: somewhere along the line
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word: string along
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word: sweep along
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word: tag along
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word: tag-along right
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word: tagger-along
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word: tear along
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word: therealong
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word: trundle along
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word: upalong
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word: walkalong
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word: wherealong
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word: worry along