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
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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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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Then, at the corner of Flamingo and Koval, beneath the buzz of the Strip's neon haze, a white, late-model Cadillac pulled up alongside.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
Ajdina Halilovic, Wired News, 6 July 2025
And, as an almost 40-year-old who works alongside that generation, a nod from them always makes my day.
—Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
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Adverb
Here, nearly 200 sperm whales live year-round, making this one of the few places on Earth where humans can reliably find, and even swim alongside, the planet’s largest toothed predator.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Then, at the corner of Flamingo and Koval, beneath the buzz of the Strip's neon haze, a white, late-model Cadillac pulled up alongside.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
Preposition
In 2024, working alongside a team that included his longtime collaborator André Fenton, a neuroscientist at New York University, Sacktor offered a potential explanation in a paper published in Science Advances.
—Ajdina Halilovic, Wired News, 6 July 2025
And, as an almost 40-year-old who works alongside that generation, a nod from them always makes my day.
—Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
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“Alongside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alongside. Accessed 11 Jul. 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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