along
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long
ˈlɑng
laang
/əˈlɒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "along"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

in the direction of a road, path, etc., indicating a forward movement
along definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car moved slowly along.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āϚāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ­āĻžāϞ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇

in a manner that indicates something is advancing or developing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her skills improved significantly as the semester went along.
āϏ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇

together with someone or something or in accompaniment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can I come along on your trip to the beach?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?
3.1

āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇

used to indicate the presence of something necessary or beneficial
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Make sure you take your coat along, it's getting chilly.
āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϟ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ, āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦāĨ¤, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤

used to indicate that someone or something will arrive soon or is present
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He said he would be along later to help us set up.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ, āĻāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ

used to show the transfer or movement of something between people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rumor spread along quickly, from one group to another.
āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇, āĻāĻ• āĻĻāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϞ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ, āϧāĻžāϰ⧇

used to indicate motion in a continuous direction on a surface or path
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cyclist rode along the riverbank at a steady pace.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āϤ⧀āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇

used to show the progress or movement through a process or time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project got easier along the course of the year.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.2

āϧāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇

used to refer to a point or area on a path, road, or similar surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We stopped along the river to have a picnic.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āύāĻĻā§€āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ, āϧāĻžāϰ⧇

used to indicate the placement or arrangement of things next to a long surface or line
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The trees were planted along the road.
āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€

used to show similarity or accordance with something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The proposal was along the same idea as the original plan.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āχ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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