next door
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1.0
- adverb
- /nɛkst dɔr/
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al lado
- The room is not completely soundproof, and instrumental instruction next door is often a distraction.
- a next-door neighbor
- live next door
- right next door
So they started this company next door called Bleeding Fingers.
- So they started this company next door called Bleeding Fingers.
- And right next door to it is Cafe Pascal.
- The Jerk that started this live right next door to me, Little Ray. Ray,
- When did you move next door, which is now this store?
- What we didn't know was that next door was a portrait photographer studio.
- On the car park, I think next door to the stadium.
Examples
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Right, so the church holds 80 people and the village hall next door 150.
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You're right next door to me.
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I will move next door, I promise.
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And my dad built a house right next door, right beside my mom.
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There was a tennis court next door to the farmers market.
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The Bishop's palace was a house of two stories, next door to the cathedral.
Fiction book (1991) -
And right next door to it is Cafe Pascal.
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What we didn't know was that next door was a portrait photographer studio.
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My neighbor is singing so loudly next door and she's really bad.
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My friend lives next door, so we often hang out together.
Synonyms
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1.0
Right beside another thing with nothing between them
100
3.8
Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
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3.0
Very near someone's home so they can get there easily
Next to another place or area, sharing a border
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in or at the building immediately adjacent' follows directly from combining 'next' (immediately beside) with 'door' (the entry/side of a dwelling), so the locative sense is compositional and predictable. This is a common locative construction in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Next door comes from the simple picture of two homes with their doors side by side. If a house is next door, its door is right beside your door, so the phrase means 'in the house or building right beside yours'.