alongside

«alongside» in Mova's school dictionary: next to, beside or along the side of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

preposition; adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Alongside means next to, beside or along the side of something. tree →

2) Alongside means together with someone, working or being with them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories: «the boat sailed alongside the pier». In school: «working alongside a partner». In news: «alongside other countries». In maths, placing one shape alongside another can make a longer length.

examples

• The dog trotted alongside me. tree →
• The boat pulled up alongside the jetty. tree →
• I worked alongside my friend on the project. tree →
• Put the two rulers alongside each other. tree →
• The path runs alongside the river. tree →
• She played alongside older girls in the team. tree →
• Two 30-centimetre rulers placed end to end alongside a table measure 60 centimetres. tree →
• His horse grew tired, and all of a sudden it came to a standstill alongside of a graveyard. tree →

note

One word: alongside. «Alongside of» is mostly American and informal. Similar: beside, next to; «together with» for the second sense.

In the corpora

• Crocodile ancestors lived alongside dinosaurs over 200 million years ago, and crocodiles are the closest living relatives of birds.
• Calling pigeons rats with wings is unfair: they have lived alongside people for thousands of years, and people bred them on purpose.
• Africa kept more of its big animals, perhaps because they grew up alongside people and learned to fear them.
• Joining in alongside someone being laughed at can turn mocking into fun.
• Funerals often include music the person loved, such as a football song, alongside hymns and readings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alongside» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.