/əˈlɒŋ/, /əˈlæŋ/, /əˈlɑŋ/
OriginFrom Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.
- By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
“Water whished along the boat as we rowed upstream.”
“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”
“My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, ”
- In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.
“The kine[…]went along the highway.”
“In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.”
“Swiftly and silently he made his way along the track which ran through the meadows.”
- not-comparableIn company; together.
“John played the piano and everyone sang along.”
“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”
- not-comparableOnward, forward, with progressive action.
“Don't stop here. Just move along.”
“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 f”