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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb Along, near, at, or to the side.
  • preposition By the side of; side by side with.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Along or by the side; at or to the side of anything, as a ship: as, to be alongside of the wall.
  • Beside; by the side of: as, the vessel lay alongside the wharf.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Along the side; by the side; side by side with.
  • preposition Together with or at the same time.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb side by side

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along +‎ side

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