prep.
&
adv.
- moving in a constant direction on (a more or less horizontal surface).
- used to refer to the making of progress.
- extending in a more or less horizontal line on.
- in or into company with others.
Phrase
- along about
N. Amer. informal or dialect approximately. - along of
archaic or dialect - on account of.
- together with.
- along with
together with or at the same time as. - be
(or come)
along
arrive.
Etymology
OE andlang, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to long1.