DictionaryalongAccompaniment
adverb

along

Together with someone or something.

Bring your sister along when you come for dinner.

Etymology

Old English andlang described movement along a length. Accompaniment extends that shared course to people or things proceeding together, even when no literal route is being described.

More examples

  • Can I come along?
  • He took his camera along.
  • She sang along with the band.

Forms

along

Similar words

with
Directly indicates accompanying another person or thing.