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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Along

/əl-ông'/ · A·long · IPA /əˈlɒŋ/
01 adv. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
  1. 1.
    By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
    “Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
    “We will go along by the king's highway.” — Numb. xxi. 22.
    “He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along.” — Coleridge.
  3. 3.
    In company; together.
    “He to England shall along with you.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
All along — all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout.
To get along — to get on; to make progress, as in business.
02 prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across.
  1. 1.
    By the length of, as distinguished from across.
    “The kine . . . went along the highway.” — 1 Sam. vi. 12.
03 (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
  1. 1.
    (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
Phrases & compounds
Along of — owing to; on account of.