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alongside

UK/əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd//əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/

alongside adverb: along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.

alongside: along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast
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Adverb

alongside (not comparable)

  1. Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
    • Ahoy! Bring your boat alongside.
    • All of a sudden, another car drew up alongside.
    Synonyms:
    level

Preposition

alongside

  1. Side by side with.
    • I shall ere long paint to you as well as one can without canvas, something like the true form of the whale as he actually appears to the eye of the whaleman when in his own absolute body the whale is moored alongside the whale-ship so that he can be fairly stepped upon there. In the second...1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
    Synonyms:
    beside, next to, abreast
  2. Together with or at the same time.
    • The nurse worked alongside the doctor.
    • The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish...2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2020

alongside meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

alongside in Tamil

பக்கத்துக்குப் பக்கமாக, ஒருங்கே, ஓரத்தின் அருகாக, கப்பலின் பக்கமாக

alongside in Urdu

پہلو کے ساتھ ساتھ

alongside in Bengali

alongside
পাশাপাশি paśapaśi

alongside in Malayalam

വശത്ത്, ഒന്നോടൊന്നുതൊട്ട്, അരികെ, ഓരം ചേർന്ന്
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alongside in Arabic
تَزَامُنًا tazāmunan

Examples of alongside in a sentence

  • The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.
  • By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered.
  • The tractor drew up alongside the haystack.

All 40 example sentences with alongside

Synonyms of alongside

Origin of alongside

From along + side; compare alongsides.

Words formed from alongside

Questions about alongside

What does alongside mean?
Alongside means along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
What is alongside in Tamil?
Alongside in Tamil is பக்கத்துக்குப் பக்கமாக, ஒருங்கே, ஓரத்தின் அருகாக. See Alongside meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alongside?
Alongside can be an adverb or a preposition.
How do you pronounce alongside?
Alongside is pronounced /əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd/ (UK).

Words near alongside in the dictionary

  1. Alongong
  2. alongshelf
  3. alongshore
  4. alongshoreman
  5. alongshoremen
  6. alongside
  7. alongside of
  8. alongsides
  9. alongst
  10. Alonnah
  11. Alons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alongside (page history and authors); alongside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alongside (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পাশাপাশি (Bengali) (page history and authors); alongside (Malayalam 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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