along·side
ə-ˈlȯŋ-ˈsīd 
1
: along the side : in parallel position
2
: at the side : close by
a guard with a prisoner alongside
1
a
: along the side of
the boat docked alongside the pier
b
: beside sense 1
standing alongside me
2
a
: in company with
men she has been working alongside—
Richard Halloran
Richard Halloran
b
: in addition to
a special category alongside the awards it annually presents—Horizon
HorizonExamples of alongside in a Sentence
Adverb
We waited for the other boat to come alongside.
Preposition
The children work alongside their parents in the field.
Bring the boat alongside the dock.
one theory taught alongside the other
The town grew up alongside the college.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
On a technical level, turning to fellow writers and authors to bounce ideas off, work alongside and share drafts with was a large aspect of the writing process that helped Kimbril.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The influencer posed alongside fellow Bills wives Sayler Shakir and Hillary Trubisky.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
The activists included local teenage girls, some of whom competed alongside or against Hernandez in the past.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
On a technical level, turning to fellow writers and authors to bounce ideas off, work alongside and share drafts with was a large aspect of the writing process that helped Kimbril.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Preposition
Peter Berg, who’s directing the film, will be co-writing the project alongside Sheridan — the two are close friends and have worked together before on the movies Hell or High Water and Wind River.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The influencer posed alongside fellow Bills wives Sayler Shakir and Hillary Trubisky.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Alongside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alongside. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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alongside
1 of 2 adverb
along·side
-ˌsīd
: along or close at the side : in parallel position
a guard with a prisoner alongside
alongside
2 of 2 preposition
: side by side with
especially
: parallel to
boats alongside the dock
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