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all along

all along adverb: for the entire time; always.

Adverb

all along

  1. (idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
    • He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along.
    • I think I must have known all along—without knowing that I knew, if that doesn't sound too silly.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Preposition

all along

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, along.
    • All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs.

all along meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

all along in Tamil

எப்போதும், எப்போதும் தொடக்கமுதல் முடிவு வரை, தொடக்க முதல் தொடர்ந்து, இவ்வளவு நேரம்

all along in Indonesian

for the entire time
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Questions about all along

What does all along mean?
All along means for the entire time; always.
What is all along in Tamil?
All along in Tamil is எப்போதும், எப்போதும் தொடக்கமுதல் முடிவு வரை, தொடக்க முதல் தொடர்ந்து. See All along meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is all along?
All along can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near all along in the dictionary

  1. alkyphenols
  2. all
  3. all aboard
  4. all ages
  5. all alone
  6. all along
  7. all and some
  8. all and sundry
  9. all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
  10. all around
  11. all as one

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Adapted from Wiktionary: all along (page history and authors); all along (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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