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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European*-s
Proto-Indo-European*h₂éntsder.
Proto-Germanic*anda-
Proto-West Germanic*anda-
Old Englishand-
Proto-Indo-European*dlongʰos
Proto-Germanic*langaz
Proto-West Germanic*lang
Old Englishlang
Old Englishandlang
Middle English
Englishalong

    FromMiddle English, fromOld Englishandlang, from prefixand- +lang(long).Doublet ofendlong.

    Pronunciation

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    Preposition

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    along

    1. By thelength of; in a line with the length of;lengthwise next to.
      Water whishedalong the boat as we rowed upstream.
    2. In a line with, with aprogressivemotion on;onward on;forward on.

    Synonyms

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    Descendants

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    Translations

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    by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to
    in a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on
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    Adverb

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    along (notcomparable)

    1. Incompany;together.
      John played the piano and everyone sangalong.
      • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, inthe Guardian[5]:
        From The Best of You to The Pretender, their own material invariably came equipped with huge choruses designed to be bellowedalong 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.
    2. Onward,forward, with progressive action.
      Don't stop here. Just movealong.
      • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
        I stumbledalong 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.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    terms derived from the preposition or adverb

    Translations

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    in company, together
    onward, forward

    Anagrams

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    Dupaningan Agta

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    Noun

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    along

    1. son(term of address for a male child)

    Indonesian

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed fromJavaneseꦲꦭꦺꦴꦁ(along).

    Noun

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    along (pluralalong-along)

    1. abundantcatch offishermen

    Etymology 2

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    FromBorneoMalay[Term?], probably cognate ofDupaningan Agtaalong(son) andIndonesiansulung.

    Noun

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    along (pluralalong-along)

    1. firstbornchild

    Etymology 3

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    Noun

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    along (pluralalong-along)

    1. syllabic abbreviation ofalat penolong(rescue equipment)

    Further reading

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    Javanese

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    Romanization

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    along

    1. romanization ofꦲꦭꦺꦴꦁ

    Karao

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    Noun

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    along

    1. nosebleed

    Maranao

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    Noun

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    along

    1. shadow

    Derived terms

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