along

/əˈlɒŋ/ preposition

Translation

DIRECTION › from one part of a road, river, etc to another

baştan sona, bir uçtan öbürüne

a romantic walk along the beach1723

NEXT TO › in a line next to something long

boyunca, yan yana

a row of new houses along the river1522

PARTICULAR PLACE › at a particular place on a road, river, etc

yol, nehir vb. yerlerde belli bir noktada, yerde

Somewhere along this road there's a garage.1522

(Definition of along preposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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