Lexic.us

Definition of Along

1. Adverb. With a forward motion. "March on"

2. Adverb. In accompaniment or as a companion. "Working along with his father"

3. Adverb. To a more advanced state. "Getting along in years"

4. Adverb. In addition (usually followed by 'with'). "Consider the advantages along with the disadvantages"

5. Adverb. In line with a length or direction (often followed by 'by' or 'beside'). "Cottages along by the river"

Definition of Along

1. adv. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.

2. prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across.

Definition of Along

1. Preposition. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. ¹

2. Preposition. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward. ¹

3. Adverb. In company; together. ¹

4. Adverb. Onward, forward, with progressive action. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Along

1. onward [adv] - See also: onward

Lexicographical Neighbors of Along

aloha aloha shirt aloha shirts alohas aloin aloins aloisiite alomancy alone alone(p)

alone in a crowd alonely aloneness alonenesses alonest along (current term) along about along of along the lines along the lines of

along with alongest alongshore alongshoreman alongshoremen alongside alongst aloo aloo chaat aloo gobi

Literary usage of Along

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Thus flew Achilles straight on Hector bent; But he still fled along the wall of ... Hard by the wall, along the road they sped Still onward, and beyond the ..."

2. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"VIEUX FORT TO CASTRIES along THE EAST COAST From Vieux Fort the new road follows ... along the way there are spectacular views along the rocky coastline, ..."

3. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: Or, The Science of Quantity. An by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"On the whole therefore it is precisely a distance from O expressed numerically by a along a straight line bisecting an angle bounded by Ox and Ox that in ..."

4. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"John Canty held the prince by the wrist, and hurried him along the dark way, giving him this caution in a low voice“Mind thy tongue, thou mad fool, ..."

5. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"~ì in the red clay along the groove a man's nailed ts had made. They were hot and flushed. ... They toiled forward along a tiny h on the river's lip. ..."

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