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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Along \A*long"\ [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.) {Along of}, {Along on}, often shortened to {Long of}, prep. phr., owing to on account of [Obs. or Low Eng.] ``On me is not along thin evil fare.'' --Chaucer. ``And all this is long of you.'' --Shak. ``This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.'' --London Punch. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Along \A*long"\ (?; 115), adv [OE. along anlong AS andlang along pref. and- (akin to OFris ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr ?, Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See {Long}.] 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. --Dryden. 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. In company; together. He to England shall along with you --Shak. {All along}, all through the course of during the whole time; throughout. ``I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper.'' --Addison. {To get along}, to get on to make progress, as in business. ``She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.'' --Mrs. Stowe. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Along \A*long"\, prep. By the length of as distinguished from across ``Along the lowly lands.'' --Dryden. The kine . . . went along the highway. --1 Sam. vi 12. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: along adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: {on}] 2: in accompaniment or as a companion; "his little sister came along to the movies"; "I brought my camera along"; "working along with his father" 3: to a more advanced state; "the work is moving along"; "well along in their research"; "hurrying their education along"; "getting along in years" 4: in addition (usually followed by `with'); "we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package"; "along with the package came a bill"; "consider the advantages along with the disadvantages" 5: in line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside'); "pass the word along"; "ran along beside me"; "cottages along by the river"
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