"ao longo de" meaning in Portuguese

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      "args": {
        "1": "to the length of"
      },
      "expansion": "“to the length of”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to the length of"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to the length of”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "le long de"
      },
      "expansion": "French le long de",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to the length of”. Compare French le long de.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "ao longo de",
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  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "prep",
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        {
          "english": "Along this coast, beginning / went cutting the waves of the Levant,",
          "roman": "Ao longo desta costa, começando / Ia de cortar as ondas do Leuante,",
          "text": "1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The scribe, content with the mission, went imperceptibly along the dormitories until she stopped by a door which didn't deaden the strident noise of the laughters.",
          "ref": "1862, Camilo Castelo Branco, Amor e Perdição",
          "text": "A escrivã, contente da missão, foi imperceptivelmente ao longo dos dormitorios até parar a uma porta que não vedava o ruido estridente das risadas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "along, alongside"
      ],
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          "along",
          "along"
        ],
        [
          "alongside",
          "alongside"
        ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Throughout eighteen years in the Public Ministry, I have never seen such a nerve, pardon the expression.",
          "ref": "2005, Carlos Sampaio, Depoimento do Deputado Roberto Jefferson para a CPMI dos Correios em 30 de Junho de 2005",
          "text": "Ao longo de dezoito anos de Ministério Público, nunca vi tamanha “cara de pau”, desculpem-me a expressão.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "throughout (during an entire period of time)"
      ],
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        [
          "throughout",
          "throughout"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ao longo de"
}

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    "Portuguese multiword terms",
    "Portuguese prepositions"
  ],
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        "1": "to the length of"
      },
      "expansion": "“to the length of”",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "to the length of"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "le long de"
      },
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to the length of”. Compare French le long de.",
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "prep",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "english": "Along this coast, beginning / went cutting the waves of the Levant,",
          "roman": "Ao longo desta costa, começando / Ia de cortar as ondas do Leuante,",
          "text": "1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 5th canto",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The scribe, content with the mission, went imperceptibly along the dormitories until she stopped by a door which didn't deaden the strident noise of the laughters.",
          "ref": "1862, Camilo Castelo Branco, Amor e Perdição",
          "text": "A escrivã, contente da missão, foi imperceptivelmente ao longo dos dormitorios até parar a uma porta que não vedava o ruido estridente das risadas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "along, alongside"
      ],
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        [
          "along",
          "along"
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        [
          "alongside",
          "alongside"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Throughout eighteen years in the Public Ministry, I have never seen such a nerve, pardon the expression.",
          "ref": "2005, Carlos Sampaio, Depoimento do Deputado Roberto Jefferson para a CPMI dos Correios em 30 de Junho de 2005",
          "text": "Ao longo de dezoito anos de Ministério Público, nunca vi tamanha “cara de pau”, desculpem-me a expressão.",
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  "word": "ao longo de"
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