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If you move or look a____ something such as a road, you move or look towards one end of it.If you move or look along something such as a road, you move or look towards one end of it.
Newman walked along the street alone.
The young man led Mark Ryle along a corridor.
I looked along the length of the building.
word along
full-definition
preposition
If you move or look along something such as a road, you move or look towards one end of it.
Newman walked along the street alone.
The young man led Mark Ryle along a corridor.
I looked along the length of the building.
If something is situated along a road, river, or corridor, it is situated in it or beside it.
...enormous traffic jams all along the roads.
...houses built on piles along the river.
Along each wall stretched green metal filing cabinets.
adverb
When someone or something moves along, they keep moving in a particular direction .
She skipped and danced along.
He raised his voice a little, talking into the wind as they walked along.
The wide road was blocked solid with traffic that moved along sluggishly.
If you say that something is going along in a particular way, you mean that it is progressing in that way.
...the negotiations which have been dragging along interminably.
Everything was coming along fine after all.
My life is going along nicely.
If you take someone or something along when you go somewhere, you take them with you.
This is open to women of all ages, so bring along your friends and colleagues.
Simply cut out this voucher and take it along to your nearest store.
If someone or something is coming along or is sent along, they are coming or being sent to a particular place.
She invited everyone she knew to come along.
He had the material tested and sent along the results.
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phrase
You use along with to mention someone or something else that is also involved in an action or situation .
The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children.
There are 32 different kinds of chocolate on sale along with the bread and cakes.
cefr-level A2

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