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alongside English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word alongside once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning alongside meaning

What does alongside mean?

Definitions in simple English

alongside Preposition

— You use alongside to talk about something being beside something else.

— You use alongside to talk about something being at the same time as something else.

alongside

— adverb (= aboard) side by side anchored close aboard another ship

Synonyms alongside synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as alongside?

alongside English » English

beside

side by side

side

next to

near

along

abreast

aboard

nearby

by

with

surround

parallel to

by the side

along with

upon

underneath

towards

toward

together with

together

skirt the edge of

per

onto

one after another

onboard

on board

on

next

near to

into

inside

in order to

in

gathered

for

each

discuss

close by

close

broadside

border upon

atop

at the side of

at the rate of

at

apiece

an

amongst

alongside of

Topics alongside topics

What do people use alongside to talk about?

States Location Here, there

Beside

• What words indicate that something is beside something else?
  be beside alongside along next to at your side be way over to the side be on the right be on the left

States Location Here, there Touching, contact

Next to

• What words indicate that something is next to something long such as a road?
  along alongside by the side of at the side of

Grammar Case Patient-related cases

With (a patient)

• What words mark something that is used with another thing?
  with together with combined with in combination in conjunction with alongside along with

Examples alongside examples

How do I use alongside in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Houses were lined up alongside the highway.

One of the two puppies running alongside the pram kept trying to catch the rotating left front wheel of the pram with its mouth, seemingly thinking it was a ball it could play with, and it was a miracle it did not hurt itself in the process.

It's nice sitting alongside a hot fireplace.

Movie subtitles

You've taught me as much about living alongside another person as anyone else in my life, Phyllis.

Waiting at the foot of her bed was another Salvation Army sister who had worked alongside the sick girl.

Your picture was on the wall of every mining shack up there in Montana. right alongside of John L. Sullivan.

Who is? Works-in quintanda alongside.

We'll lay her right alongside them.

You'll want to berth alongside him for some time to come, won't you?

It's against the law to park alongside one. - I know it.

For parking alongside of a fireplug.

Help Rosasharn up there alongside the kids.

And right alongside it, double column, run your interview.

Naw, they're swimming alongside in the water.

Come alongside.

I see one every morning in my mirror, alongside an angel.

Naturally, I gives my rudder a hard right and moves right up alongside her.

Weren't you supposed to fight alongside us?

The boats are alongside.

The last shore boat's coming alongside.

It's against the law to park alongside one.

I mean, why? For parking alongside of a fireplug.

He'd look great alongside of my moose.

I, Galubert, accepted to play alongside this props man.

Alongside you, he'll vanish.

So, I let her have it with nine eight-pounders, then we went alongside.

Connie, help Rosasharn up there alongside the kids.

And right alongside of it, you know, double column, run your interview.

We rode double on his horse, alongside the rivers.

And, Miss Winfield, would you mind stepping over here alongside of Allen?

Miss Walker, will you please sit alongside of me?

I was going down the street, minding my own business, too. when who do you think just happened by, purely by accident, of course. and pulled up alongside of the curb?

I thought, if you didn't mind, I'd ride alongside to the boat landing.

You've put one of your cards alongside mine.

He will serve it alongside.

Dan, my horse won't win. but he's got a good turn of speed up front. so I'll ride alongside of you as long as I can. and see what I can do to help.

News and current affairs

By late spring, those expectations had disintegrated alongside the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Arthur Andersen.

In fact, the flags of many nations fly alongside German.

Bankers' pay soared alongside profits - indeed, it grew even faster.

The network will work alongside and support governments, UN agencies, civil-society organizations, and the private sector.

Today, under the terms of the ideas set out in that review, the US contemplates the first use of nuclear weapons, and seeks to integrate tactical battlefield nuclear weapons alongside conventional munitions.

Alongside this effort, vigorous negotiations on a permanent settlement should start immediately.

That process, now as before, must culminate in an independent and democratic Palestine alongside a safe and secure Israel.

She has introduced policies, programs, and institutional reforms designed to support government-to-society and society-to-society diplomacy, alongside traditional government-to-government relations.

When governments have taken similar steps, they usually have done so after - or at least alongside - the provision of financial injections and efforts to restrain demand.

More recently, both at Camp David and at Taba in Egypt, Arab negotiators again rejected proposals that would have led to the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

It would retain its status alongside the United States' on the world stage, its territorial integrity would be unquestioned, and it would be left to manage its domestic affairs without outside interference or criticism.

In a region with a strong indigenous past but a scattered and isolated present, Bolivia is, alongside Guatemala, perhaps the only country in Latin America where indigenous peoples make up a majority of the population.

Demand for luxury goods is booming, alongside weak demand for goods and services consumed by lower-income groups.

The euro would, however, have to be accepted as legal tender in the UK, alongside the pound, and in the commonwealth countries, and this would demand close cooperation between the Bank of England and the ECB.

This is why all countries provide emergency liquidity support when a bank run materializes, as was done on a global scale when confidence in the banking sector collapsed alongside Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Since January 2011, images of millions of women demonstrating alongside men have been beamed around the world by television journalists, posted on YouTube, and splashed on the front pages of newspapers.

All of these technologies will require public funding alongside private investment.

In the late summer of 1931, the dollar, alongside the French franc, appeared to be the strongest currency in the international system.

The reasons for this have not changed: rising demand for energy, alongside concerns about climate change, volatile fossil-fuel prices, and the security of energy supplies.

Carols, church bells, and mangers are still at the heart of mid-winter festivities, alongside the consumer binge.

But Benedict asserted the importance of faith alongside reason and law in safeguarding our civilization.

Meanwhile, eight new railway lines, covering 200 kilometers and with a daily capacity of close to four million people, have become operational this year, alongside 60 kilometers of bus lines.

In recent days, the authorities have also requested businesses to stagger the working day before, during, and after the Games to reduce traffic volumes, alongside a raft of other traffic-cutting measures.

Merkel's new coalition will sit neatly alongside the new Japanese government of Yukio Hatoyama, which is also dedicated to finding a new and peculiarly Japanese model of economic growth.