alongside
preposition, adverb /əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd/
/əˈlɑːŋ.saɪd/ Definition
C1 next to, or together with: A car pulled up alongside (ours). The new pill will be used alongside existing medicines. Most of the staff refused to work alongside the new team. The UK fought alongside France, Turkey, and Sardinia during the Crimean War.Next to and besideActing, being or existing together
(Definition of alongside prepositionadverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abreast adverb
- adjacent adjective
- adjoining adjective
- against preposition (TOUCHING)
- along preposition (NEXT TO)
- at sb's elbow idiom
- beside preposition
- contiguous adjective
- coterminous adjective
- neighbouring adjective
- next adverb
- next door adverb, adjective
- next door noun
- on preposition (NEXT TO)
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
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