along
/əˈlɒŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.38 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
prep
In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.
adv
Onward, forward, with progressive action.
Example Sentences
- "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, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price."
- "The first 80 km section of the Hyesan to Kanggye link was opened on 22.12.88 to follow the Chinese border along the Amnok-gang river valley."
- "As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels."
- "The kine[…]went along the highway."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Old English andlang Middle English English along From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂en-, -, andlang
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /əˈlɒŋ/
Derived Forms
Phrases
all along
along about
along of
along the lines
along the lines of
along the same vein
along the way
along those lines