English Phrase of the Day

next to

Definitions

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next to
1. prep. Almost; nearly, well-nigh.
It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
2. prep. Beside; alongside, by.
Would you mind if I sit next to you?
3. prep. Immediately following or preceding in a sequence; just subsequent or previous.
When you've finished the next-to-last packet of pasta, please buy some more.
4. prep. Compared to.
5. prep. near, beside
Analysis
next
1. adj. nearest, Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
2. adj. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately preceding or following in order.
the next chapter; the next man I see; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
3. adj. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
4. det. The one immediately following the current or most recent one
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.

Look at the person next to you.

It's right next to all of the studios, so you never know who is going to show up.

I would have wanted your statue built next to mine.

We were saints next to some kids.

It doesn't matter to you even if someone is rotting right next to you!

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