endlong

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UK/ˈɛndlɒŋ/US/ˈɛndˌlɔŋ/

preposition

Along (as opposed to across), from end to end of.

OriginOld English andlang →
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Meanings

preposition

alternative obsolete endelong

  1. archaicAlong (as opposed to across), from end to end of.
adverbendlong (not comparable)

alternative obsolete endelong

  1. not comparableFrom end to end.
  2. not comparableContinuously.

    The rest he leaves in ground: So takes in hond To seeke her endlong both by sea and lond

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. not comparableOn end.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
along

Origin

  1. Old Englishandlang
  2. Englishendlong

From Old English andlang ( > along), reanalysed by folk etymology in Middle English as end + long; partly from Old Norse cognate endlangr.

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Translations

Bulgarian надлъж
  • надлъж (nadlăž)from end to end

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

GlendonLongden
Cite this entry
APA

endlong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endlong

MLA

“endlong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endlong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endlong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endlong.

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