[
US
/əˈɫɔŋ/
]
[ UK /ɐlˈɒŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɐlˈɒŋ/ ]
ADVERB
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in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside')
cottages along by the river
pass the word along
ran along beside me -
in accompaniment or as a companion
his little sister came along to the movies
working along with his father
I brought my camera along -
to a more advanced state
hurrying their education along
getting along in years
well along in their research
the work is moving along -
in addition (usually followed by `with')
we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package
along with the package came a bill
consider the advantages along with the disadvantages -
with a forward motion
we drove along admiring the view
move along
the circus traveled on to the next city
the horse trotted along at a steady pace
march on
How To Use along In A Sentence
- The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
- He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
- That gave us the time to move arbalests and mangonels into position along the walls.
- A lot of the wrinklies, in fact, come along with holes in their shirts and jerseys.
- Thell Torrence's name may not be familiar to the average fight fan but he, along with a couple of others, is the premier teacher of the manly art in the USA.
- But if you're just play-acting, RP is all a bit of fun, along with the humorous OOC asides. "Grow till tall. They all, in the end, will fall."
- Those morning glories are grown every year along the south face of the historic, well-preserved post-and-beam barn that is the center of Heritage Farm; the 890-acre spread a few miles north of Decorah that Seed Savers Exchange now calls home. Kurt Michael Friese: Memories of a Life Spent Saving Seeds
- Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
- I am thinking about taking one row of raspberries away, maybe exchange the other one as well for a newer kind with bigger berries in, so we can have a bit more room for flowers along the allotment border.
- For 10,000,000 years during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs this area was a fiery inferno of constant volcanic activity and magnificent giants such as the Grizaba, La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Volcan de Toluca and Volcan de Colima, along with thousands of smaller volcanic cones, came into eruptive existence. The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
