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a·long·side
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əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd, əˈlɒŋ-
/
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sahyd
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adverb
1.
along
, by, at, or to the
side
of something:
We brought the boat alongside.
preposition
2.
beside; by the
side
of:
The dog ran alongside me all the way.
3.
Informal.
alongside of,
compared with:
Alongside of his brother, he is no student at all.
Origin:
1700–10;
along
+
side
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alongside
(əˈlɒŋˌsaɪd)
—
prep
1.
(
often foll by
of
) along the side of; along beside:
alongside the quay
—
adv
2.
along the side of some specified thing:
come alongside
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Word Origin & History
alongside
1707, from
along
+
side
. A word formed from a phrase. Originally mostly nautical.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Instead he imagines that the web was suspended close
alongside
a hanging glob
of sap.
Gravity sources laying
alongside
a photons path provides gravitational lensing.
Also, the tubes could use existing rights of way
alongside
roads and railways.
From there it's easy to imagine tiny, sugar-poached tomatoes nestled
alongside
summer berries in a simple tart or crumble.
That's why you don't feel that you are watching a film, you feel you are existing
alongside
a film.
Robots have been considered too unpredictable and dangerous to work
alongside
humans in factories.
For these reasons, using lactate levels
alongside
inflammatory biomarker tests increases their accuracy considerably.
Both ideals will continue in parallel, the tough and boring
alongside
the fun easy.
Instead of enucleating them, they kept them intact and inserted the adult cell's nucleus
alongside
the original one.
Abundant earthworms
alongside
airport runways can increase bird strike risk.
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