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  • 21along — 1. preposition /əˈlɒŋ,əˈlɔŋ/ a) By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. 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… …

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  • 22along — a•long [[t]əˈlɔŋ, əˈlɒŋ[/t]] prep. 1) over the length or direction of: walking along the highway[/ex] 2) in the course of: I lost my hat along the way[/ex] 3) in conformity or accordance with: along the lines suggested[/ex] 4) parallel in the… …

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  • 23along — prep. & adv. prep. 1 from one end to the other end of (a handkerchief with lace along the edge). 2 on or through any part of the length of (was walking along the road). 3 beside or through the length of (shelves stood along the wall). adv. 1… …

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  • 24along — See: ALL ALONG or RIGHT ALONG, COME ALONG, GET ALONG, GO ALONG, RUN ALONG, STRING ALONG …

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  • 25along — See: ALL ALONG or RIGHT ALONG, COME ALONG, GET ALONG, GO ALONG, RUN ALONG, STRING ALONG …

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  • 26along — See: all along or right along, come along, get along, go along, run along, string along …

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  • 27along — 1. preposition 1) she walked along the corridor Syn: down, from one end of to the other 2) trees grew along the river bank Syn: beside, by the side of, on the edge of, alongside 3) they ll stop along the way Syn …

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  • 28along of — preposition Etymology: Middle English along (construed with on), alteration of ilong (construed with on), from Old English gelang (construed with on, æt), from ge , associative prefix + lang long more at co …

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  • 29along — [OE] The a in along is related to the prefix anti , and the original notion contained in the word is of ‘extending a long way in the opposite direction’. This was the force of Old English andlang, a compound formed from and ‘against, facing’… …

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  • 30along — [OE] The a in along is related to the prefix anti , and the original notion contained in the word is of ‘extending a long way in the opposite direction’. This was the force of Old English andlang, a compound formed from and ‘against, facing’… …

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