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PRONUNCIATION OF ALONGSHORE

alongshore  [əˌlɒŋˈʃɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALONGSHORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alongshore can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ALONGSHORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of alongshore in the English dictionary

The definition of alongshore in the dictionary is close to, by, or along a shore.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALONGSHORE


ashore
əˈʃɔː
autorickshaw
ˈɔːtəʊˈrɪkʃɔː
bashaw
bəˈʃɔː
Bradshaw
ˈbrædˌʃɔː
chaw
tʃɔː
chore
tʃɔː
crenshaw
ˈkrɛnˌʃɔː
foreshore
ˈfɔːˌʃɔː
inshore
ˈɪnˈʃɔː
lakeshore
ˈleɪkˌʃɔː
longshore
ˈlɒŋˌʃɔː
nearshore
ˈnɪəˌʃɔː
offshore
ˌɒfˈʃɔː
onshore
ˈɒnˈʃɔː
pshaw
pʃɔː
rickshaw
ˈrɪkʃɔː
seashore
ˈsiːˌʃɔː
shaw
ʃɔː
shore
ʃɔː
trishaw
ˈtraɪˌʃɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALONGSHORE

alogia
alogical
alogically
aloha
aloin
alone
alonely
aloneness
along
along with
alongshoreman
alongside
alongst
aloo
aloof
aloofly
aloofness
alopecia
alopecic
alopecoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALONGSHORE

angashore
backshore
camwhore
chromatophore
chromophore
ctenophore
fluorophore
gametophore
ionophore
isochore
Johore
kinetochore
Lahore
melanophore
photophore
rhynchophore
semaphore
spermatophore
Terpsichore
whore

Synonyms and antonyms of alongshore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alongshore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALONGSHORE

Find out the translation of alongshore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alongshore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alongshore» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

近岸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alongshore
570 millions of speakers

English

alongshore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alongshore
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

alongshore
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вдольбереговой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alongshore
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alongshore
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alongshore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sepanjang pantai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

along
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alongshore
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alongshore
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing pesisir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alongshore
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alongshore
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किनार्याकडून समुद्राकडे जाणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıyı boyunca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alongshore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alongshore
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вдольберегових
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alongshore
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραλιακά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alongshore
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parallell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alongshore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alongshore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALONGSHORE»

The term «alongshore» is normally little used and occupies the 129.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALONGSHORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alongshore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alongshore» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alongshore

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALONGSHORE»

Discover the use of alongshore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alongshore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Alongshore
In this enchanting, handsomely illustrated book, John R. Stilgoe takes us on a tour of the seacoast, evoking its sights, sounds, and textures and showing how it illuminates issues of landscape and American culture.
John R. Stilgoe, 1996
2
Alongshore, Where Man and the Sea Face One Another
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Stephen Sydney 1881 Reynolds, 2011
3
Geomorphology and Global Environmental Change
Two coastal tracts in which magnitudes of sediment fluxes (size of arrows) exemplify cases of alongshore homogeneity in which uniform alongshore flux gradients can be integrated spatially to obtain S in Eq. (6.8). Cell A: alongshore flux ...
Olav Slaymaker, Thomas Spencer, Christine Embleton-Hamann, 2009
4
Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon
A similar equation holds for the conservation of salt: 9_S=k*v2s-4/<*~ N 95 3, q' V5 - 1'; (6.14) Alongshore advection is ... the cylindrical grid to interpolate parameter values measured in the two alongshore transects to a three- dimensional field, ...
M.R. Landry, B.M. Hickey, 1989
5
Remote Measurements of Waves and Currents Over Complex ...
Chapter 4: Alongshore variability of longshore currents at a barred beach 4.1 Abstract Mean surface longshore currents were measured twice daily for 14 months at Duck NC from a two-dimensional array of 28 optical current meters, over a ...
Carmine C. Chickadel, 2007
6
Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review
However, since floating substrata on intermittent rafting routes have a A Intermittent rafting route; alongshore ... rafting route; alongshore divergent currents C Intermittent rafting route; alongshore directional currents Intermediate connectivity: ...
R. N. Gibson, R. J. A. Atkinson, J. D. M. Gordon, 2006
7
The movement of beach sand: An analysis using fluorescent grains
released seaward of the breaker zone moved onshore and alongshore eventually moving within the breaker zone. Grains released shoreward of the breaker zone moved predominantly alongshore and diagonally offshore to the breaker zone.
James C. Ingle, 2011
8
Dying and Dead Seas Climatic Versus Anthropic Causes
The mean flow is consistent with expectations. The flow is strongly sheared in the alongshore direction with weak lower layer flow and a weak indication of reversal (Fig. 4). The cross shore flow is consistent with a wind-driven downwelling ...
Jacques C.J. Nihoul, Peter O. Zavialov, Philip P. Micklin
9
The Shame and the Sorrow: Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New ...
During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples.
Donna Merwick, 2013
10
Alongshore, Where Man and the Sea Face One Another with ...
The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
Stephen Sydney Reynolds, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALONGSHORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alongshore is used in the context of the following news items.
1
John Stilgoe's Secret History
... but I think there's never going to be another John Stilgoe.” Stilgoe Book. Alongshore is one of Stilgoe's 10 books, published in square format. «Harvard Crimson, Apr 15»
2
Public Release: 25-Mar-2015 Coastal property values could erode if …
... background erosion caused by rising sea levels or differences in alongshore sediment transport; sporadic erosion of nourished beaches from ... «EurekAlert, Mar 15»
3
Boat project aims to help Galway gain city of culture status
... the sharper end of life are now skilling up as shipwrights, sailors and navigators, absorbing that alongshore language of foredecks, forestays, ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»
4
Global warming impact on fisheries is 'uncertain', says study
The general increase in upwelling is going to be driven by a strengthening of alongshore winds, due to a differential in land and ocean heating. «MercoPress, Feb 15»
5
Goleta's Whaling Station
He told of “a good many graves alongshore of men who had been killed by those whales.” Gray whales became known as “devil fish” due to ... «Santa Barbara Edhat, Jan 15»
6
4 miles long, the Progreso Pier is one of the longest in the world
Despite its arches, the structure as a whole has likely decreased the amount of sediment transported alongshore, leading to “updrift accretion ... «The Yucatan Times, Jan 15»
7
Beach erosion may occur again in April-May
Thus it appears that there has been a change in the alongshore drift (the process of carrying sediments along the coast) characteristics along ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
8
The big Christmas books quiz 2014
“On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages alongshore, the world and its mistress returned to” – whose house? – “and twinkled ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
9
Climate Risk Management
... we accepted the actuality of climate change, and then examined what would be the impact on our specific communities: alongshore, inland, ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
10
Forecasters warn Collier County faces red tide threat on beaches …
Satellite images show what is thought to be a patchy red tide extending about 40 miles alongshore and 50 miles offshore, depending on ... «Naples Daily News, Nov 14»

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