next door
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1.0
- adverb
- /nɛkst dɔr/
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeSo 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
∞
1.0
Right beside another thing with nothing between them
149
1.9
Next to another place or area, sharing a border
108
3.8
Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
74
3.0
Very near someone's home so they can get there easily
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'.