along

Everyday

1. Along means following the length of something, like walking along a road. tree →
2. Along means together with someone: «bring a friend along». tree →
3. Along means forward, onward: «move along». tree →
4. «All along» means the whole time. tree →

In the lessons

a length or a path; also things placed in a row by a road or a fence; phrases «get along» (be friendly), «come along», «along with», «all along», «sing along»

Examples

• Trees grow along the road every 5 meters. tree →
• She walked 3 miles along the river. tree →
• He brought along 2 friends. tree →
• Posts stand along a fence 40 feet long. tree →
• We walked along the beach. tree →
• Do you get along with your sister? tree →
• Come along, we're late! tree →
• She knew the answer all along. tree →
• Let's sing along to the song. tree →
• Bring your swimsuit along with a towel. tree →
• Two Travelers were walking along the seashore. tree →

Note

«along a length» with «every» gives a spacing problem. Trap: trees along a road with both ends counted are one more than length ÷ spacing. «Get along» means be friends, no number.

In Jewish tradition

a length or a path; also things placed in a row by a road or a fence; phrases «get along» (be friendly), «come along», «along with», «all along», «sing along»

Examples

• 'Let me pass through thy land; I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. (Torah DEU.2.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. (Torah EXO.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.' (Torah NUM.13.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth. (Prophets JOS.16.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah. (Prophets JOS.18.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• And from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon-methoar unto Neah. (Prophets JOS.19.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

«along a length» with «every» gives a spacing problem. Trap: trees along a road with both ends counted are one more than length ÷ spacing. «Get along» means be friends, no number.