alongsides
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From alongside + -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə.lɒŋˈsaɪdz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ə.lɔŋˈsaɪdz/, /ə.lɑŋˈsaɪdz/
Adverb[edit]
alongsides (not comparable)
Preposition[edit]
alongsides
- (uncommon) Synonym of alongside
- 1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, chapter I, in The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 12:
- Ay, ay, this is all very well, in the animal way, though it makes but a poor figure alongsides of scalps and and-bushes.
- 1907, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter XXIV, in The Love that Prevailed[1], New York: Empire Book Company, page 299:
- What is a simple master-mariner at best alongsides a parson with a persuasive voice?.
- 2000, Yujiro Hayami, Masao Kikuchi, “Population Growth and the Evolution of Households”, in A Rice Village Saga: Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines[2], Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd., page 70:
- Alongsides his hired labour work on the sugar cane farms, Ambo learned carpentry skills from his uncle through an apprenticeship.