- alongside
- a|long|side [ ə`lɔ:ŋ,saıd ] function word **Alongside can be used in the following ways:as a preposition (followed by a noun):A police car drove up alongside us.as an adverb (without a following noun):Peter was riding on a donkey with his father walking alongside.1. ) close to the side of something along the side of something or close to the side of it:The railroad track runs alongside the road.The Russian flag was flying alongside the American Stars and Stripes.2. ) working with someonea ) if you work alongside someone, you work with them in the same place and for the same purpose:Volunteers worked alongside professional construction workers in a massive reconstruction program.Leslie Caron starred alongside Maurice Chevalier in the musical Gigi.b ) if you play or fight alongside someone in a game or war, you play or fight in the same team or on the same side with them:In the battle, British troops fought alongside U.S. marines.3. ) as important as someone/something important enough to be considered as being in the same class as someone or something else that is well known:When he dies he will take his place alongside Shakespeare and Dickens as one of the truly great writers of his time.4. ) existing together if different systems, processes, or ideas exist alongside each other, they exist at the same time:In Hong Kong a communist government and a capitalist economy operate alongside each other.5. ) in comparison with someone/something used for showing that you are comparing one person or thing with another:Our profits seem small alongside those of the big multinational companies.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.