alongside English · revision 5094

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1704|origins=en along, en side}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /əˌlɒŋˈsaɪd/, US /əˈlɑːŋ.saɪd/, /əˈlɔːŋ.saɪd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a contraction of a prepositional phrase formed from [[along]] and [[side]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The adverb, close to the side of a ship: 1707 in the OED, MW and Etymonline, 1704 in MWU.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It was at first chiefly nautical.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ With of, side by side with, also figuratively, it is from 1781.^(OED 1989) The preposition without of is from 1793 in the OED and Etymonline, 1776 in MW.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) In company with, or in addition to, are later extensions.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1704 – first known use.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1707 – by the side of a ship.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1781 – ''alongside of''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1793 – preposition.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Preposition===

+ # Next to, or along the side of.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

+ # Together with: ''work alongside others''.^(MWU 2024)^(Collins 2023)

+ # In comparison with.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # At or close to the side; in a [[parallel]] position.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[alongside of]]

+ * [[free alongside ship]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[along]]

+ * [[side]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ As a preposition alongside may be followed by of: ''the barge lay alongside'', or ''alongside of'', the pier.^(AHD)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}