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Definitions for alongside
əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd, əˈlɒŋ-along·side

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aboard, alongsideadverb

    side by side

    "anchored close aboard another ship"

Wiktionary

  1. alongsideadverb

    Along the side; by the side; side by side with.

    Ahoy, bring your boat alongside of mine.

  2. alongsidepreposition

    Together with or at the same time.

    The nurse worked alongside the doctor.

ChatGPT

  1. alongside

    Alongside is a preposition that typically refers to being next to or at the side of someone or something. It can also denote moving or functioning together with someone, simultaneously or in cooperation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Alongsideadverb

    along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'alongside' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3302

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of alongside in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of alongside in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of alongside in a Sentence

  1. Rockeymoore Cummings:

    We fought alongside of each other for a very long time, and now I'm looking to continue to fight. He would want me to continue to fight and so that's what I'm going to do.

  2. Eric Garcetti:

    It's no secret that I have disagreed with you on almost everything Mr. President, but if you are in your heart willing to save lives alongside us, we know what works here.

  3. Majid Ezzati:

    Policies that enable people in the poorest countries to access healthier foods — particularly reducing salt intake and making fruit and vegetables more affordable and accessible — alongside improving detection by expanding universal health coverage and primary care, and ensuring uninterrupted access to effective drugs, must be financed and implemented to slow the growing epidemic of high blood pressure in low - and middle-income countries.

  4. Claude Tarlet:

    If this set-up is kept for the Euros then private security firms will not be able to ensure security for the event, private companies are there to work alongside the police, gendarmes and military, and cannot alone be responsible for all the security.

  5. Boris Johnson:

    At this moment Britain is working alongside the Trump administration and our French and German allies to ensure that they are.

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