next to
/ˈnɛkst ˌtuː/US/ˈnɛkst ˌtu/
next to preposition: beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near.
Preposition
next to
- Beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near.
- Would you mind if I sit next to you?
- Cleanliness is next to godliness.
- Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from.
- The living room was the main gathering spot in Fine Manor, and next to that the most used room was the dining room, where, on Sunday nights, Larry and Mabel hosted card games, penny-ante poker nights, and even bingo nights...2006, Steve Cox, Jim Terry, One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life in Pictures : an Authorized Biography, Cumberland House Publishing, →ISBN, page 59
- “Next to you, I'm all Lani has,” she confided. “But you knew that already, too, right?” He should have. That message came loud and clear. “She loves flowers, did you know that?” Jennie asked.2016, Jill Shalvis, The Bachelor's Bed, Harlequin, →ISBN
- Compared to, in comparison with.
- This last he explained to me once, though the explanation didn't matter much, not next to the feeling of those low hairy clouds and the sea bashing itself against the shore. The explanation, in fact, made the poem less wonderful, ...2002, Michael Hettich, Greatest hits, 1987-2001, Pudding House Publications, →ISBN, page 5
- As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs.2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
Adverb
next to (comparative more next to, superlative most next to)
next to meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
next to in Hindi
- beside; alongside
- ... के पास ... ke pās, ... के नज़दीक ... ke nazdīk, ... की बग़ल में ... kī baġal mẽ
next to in Tamil
- பக்கத்தில்
next to in Marathi
- beside; alongside
- ...-च्या बाजूला ...-cyā bājūlā
next to in Urdu
- beside; alongside
- ... کے پاس ... ke pās, ... کے نزدیک ... ke nazdīk, کے بغل میں ke baġal mẽ
More languagesFewer languages
- next to in Malayalam
- അരികെ, അരികിൽ, അടുത്ത്, തൊട്ട്
- next to in Kannada
- ಪಕ್ಕ pakka
- next to in Pashto
- څنګ ته tseng të, تر څنګ ter tsang
- next to in Arabic
- بُالْقُرب مِن bi-l-qurb min, بِجَانِب bijānib
- next to in Indonesian
- di samping
- next to in Persian
- کنار kenâr-e, پهلوی pahlu-ye
- next to in Thai
- ติดกับ dtìt gàp, ข้าง kâang, ข้างเคียง kâang kiang
- next to in Vietnamese
- bên
Forms of next to
| comparative | more next to |
|---|---|
| superlative | most next to |
Words formed from next to
Questions about next to
- What does next to mean?
- Next to means beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near.
- What is next to in Hindi?
- Next to in Hindi is ... के पास (... ke pās), ... के नज़दीक (... ke nazdīk), ... की बग़ल में (... kī baġal mẽ). See Next to meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is next to?
- Next to can be a preposition or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce next to?
- Next to is pronounced /ˈnɛkst ˌtuː/ (UK).
Words near next to in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: next to (page history and authors); next to (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); next to (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಪಕ್ಕ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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