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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Along \A*long"\ (?; 115), adv. [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang,
     along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-,
     Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. ?, Skr. anti, over against) +
     lang long. See Long.]
     1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
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              Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
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              We will go along by the king's highway. --Numb. xxi.
                                                    22.
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              He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
              And chased us south along.            --Coleridge.
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     3. In company; together.
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              He to England shall along with you.   --Shak.
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     All along, all through the course of; during the whole
        time; throughout. ``I have all along declared this to be a
        neutral paper.'' --Addison.
  
     To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business.
        ``She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.''
        --Mrs. Stowe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  All \All\, adv.
     1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as,
        all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. ``And cheeks
        all pale.'' --Byron.
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     Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all
           so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense
           or becomes intensive.
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     2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or
        Poet.]
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              All as his straying flock he fed.     --Spenser.
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              A damsel lay deploring
              All on a rock reclined.               --Gay.
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     All to, or All-to. In such phrases as ``all to rent,''
        ``all to break,'' ``all-to frozen,'' etc., which are of
        frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to
        have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb,
        equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
        But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all
        (as it does in ``all forlorn,'' and similar expressions),
        and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a
        kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and
        answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to
        be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus
        Wyclif says, ``The vail of the temple was to rent:'' and
        of Judas, ``He was hanged and to-burst the middle:'' i.
        e., burst in two, or asunder.
  
     All along. See under Along.
  
     All and some, individually and collectively, one and all.
        [Obs.] ``Displeased all and some.'' --Fairfax.
  
     All but.
        (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak.
        (b) Almost; nearly. ``The fine arts were all but
            proscribed.'' --Macaulay.
  
     All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all
        hollow. [Low]
  
     All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same
        thing.
  
     All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,
        she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]
  
     All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the
        whole difference.
  
     All the same, nevertheless. ``There they [certain
        phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we
        recognize them or not.'' --J. C. Shairp. ``But Rugby is a
        very nice place all the same.'' --T. Arnold. -- See also
        under All, n.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Along \A*long"\ (?; 115), adv. [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang,
     along; pref. and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-,
     Goth. and-, anda-, L. ante, Gr. ?, Skr. anti, over against) +
     lang long. See Long.]
     1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
  
              Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
  
              We will go along by the king's highway. --Numb. xxi.
                                                    22.
  
              He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us
              south along.                          --Coleridge.
  
     3. In company; together.
  
              He to England shall along with you.   --Shak.
  
     All along, all through the course of; during the whole
        time; throughout. ``I have all along declared this to be a
        neutral paper.'' --Addison.
  
     To get along, to get on; to make progress, as in business.
        ``She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.''
        --Mrs. Stowe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  
  
     Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all
           so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense
           or becomes intensive.
  
     2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or
        Poet.]
  
              All as his straying flock he fed.     --Spenser.
  
              A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined.
                                                    --Gay.
  
     All to, or All-to. In such phrases as ``all to rent,''
        ``all to break,'' ``all-to frozen,'' etc., which are of
        frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to
        have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb,
        equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
        But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all
        (as it does in ``all forlorn,'' and similar expressions),
        and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a
        kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and
        answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to
        be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus
        Wyclif says, ``The vail of the temple was to rent:'' and
        of Judas, ``He was hanged and to-burst the middle:'' i.
        e., burst in two, or asunder.
  
     All along. See under Along.
  
     All and some, individually and collectively, one and all.
        [Obs.] ``Displeased all and some.'' --Fairfax.
  
     All but.
        (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak.
        (b) Almost; nearly. ``The fine arts were all but
            proscribed.'' --Macaulay.
  
     All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all
        hollow. [Low]
  
     All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same
        thing.
  
     All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,
        she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]
  
     All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the
        whole difference.
  
     All the same, nevertheless. ``There they [certain
        phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we
        recognize them or not.'' --J. C. Shairp. ``But Rugby is a
        very nice place all the same.'' --T. Arnold. -- See also
        under All, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  all along
       adv : all the time or over a period of time; "She had known all
             along"; "the hope had been there all along" [syn: right
             along]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  all along
     adv.
     (lb en duration idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
     prep.
     (&lit en all along)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  all along
     adv.
     (lb en duration idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
     prep.
     (&lit en all along)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  all along
     adv.
     (lb en duration idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
     prep.
     (&lit en all along)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  all along
     adv.
     (lb en duration idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
     prep.
     (&lit en all along)

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/
  die ganze Zeit über, die ganze Zeit 
     Synonyms: all through, throughout, the whole time, all the time
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/ 
  kaiken aikaa, koko ajan
  for the entire time

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/
  s kraja na kraj, čitavo vrijeme

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/
  1. mindefelé
  2. egész idô alatt
  3. elejétôl a végéig
  4. végig
  5. mindvégig
  6. mindenütt
  7. hosszában
  8. kezdettôl fogva
  9. hosszában végig

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/ 
  selama ini
  for the entire time

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/ 
  ずっと
  for the entire time

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  all along /ˈɔːl ɐlˈɒŋ/ 
  hela tiden
  for the entire time

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  一直,始终

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     始终,一贯,一直

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