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along is an adverb meaning "with a forward motion". It carries 5 recorded senses.
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”
in accompaniment or as a companion
“his little sister came along to the movies”
“I brought my camera along”
“working along with his father”
to a more advanced state
“the work is moving along”
“well along in their research”
“hurrying their education along”
“getting along in years”
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”
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for along come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.