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Definition 2024

all_along

all along

English

Adverb

(duration, idiomatic) For the entire time; always.
He thought he had me fooled, but I knew the truth all along.

Translations

duration

Chinese:
Mandarin: 始終 (zh), 始终 (zh) ‎(shǐzhōng), 一直 (zh) ‎(yīzhí)
Dutch: allang (nl)
Finnish: koko ajan (fi), kaiken aikaa
French: dès le départ, depuis le début
Georgian: თავიდანვე ‎(tavidanve)
German: die ganze Zeit, schon immer
Greek: ανέκαθεν (el) ‎(anékathen), εξ αρχής ‎(ex archís), πάντα (el) ‎(pánta)

Italian: fin dall'inizio, da sempre
Japanese: ずっと (ja) ‎(zutto)
Polish: od samego początku, przez cały czas
Portuguese: desde o começo, o tempo todo
Russian: всё вре́мя ‎(vsjó vrémja), с са́мого нача́ла ‎(s sámovo načála)
Spanish: desde el primer momento, todo el tiempo
Swedish: hela tiden (sv)

Preposition

Used other than as an idiom: see all,‎ along.
All along the beach, people were lounging on orange chairs. Why orange?‎