alongside

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Alongside is both an adverb (Kevin came quickly alongside) and a preposition (the two vehicles were alongside each other / learning to read begins very early indeed, alongside learning to talk). It has been used as a preposition with or without of for some two centuries and both constructions are still available; use with of is now less usual in British English although it still occurs

(Margaret turned round to walk alongside of the girl in her feeble progress homeward—L. Otis, 2002).

It is more common in American English

(Certain plants thrive alongside of each other—website, American English 2004 [Old English (up to 1150)C]).

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prep, adv

Definition: close, near side of
Antonyms: away

For a list of words related to alongside, see:

• Prepositions
• Relative Positions - alongside: (adv) at or by the side of

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See words rhyming with "alongside."

Dansk (Danish)
prep. - ved siden af, langs
adv. - ved siden af

Nederlands (Dutch)
naast, langszij

Français (French)
prep. - le long de/du, près de, à côté de
adv. - (Naut) bord à bord, à quai, côte à côte

Deutsch (German)
prep. - neben, an der Seite von
adv. - neben, Seite an Seite

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - παραπλεύρως, δίπλα

Italiano (Italian)
di fianco a

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - no costado (Náut.), ao lado

Русский (Russian)
наряду с, рядом

Español (Spanish)
prep. - junto a, al lado de, al lado, de costado
adv. - junto a, al lado de, al lado, de costado

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - vid sidan, långsides

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在...旁边, 与...并排靠拢着, 沿着...的边, 在旁边, 靠拢着, 沿着, 并排地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 在...旁邊, 與...並排靠攏著, 沿著...的邊
adv. - 在旁邊, 靠攏著, 沿著, 並排地

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~의 옆으로 대고, ~의 곁에
adv. - 옆으로 대고, 의 뱃전에

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - そばに
prep. - 並んで, 舷側に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) الى جانب, جنبا الى كنب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮קרוב ל-, על-יד‬
adv. - ‮לצד‬

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