1
: immediately following or adjacent to
2
: in comparison to
next to you I'm wealthy
Examples of next to in a Sentence
Preposition
enjoys living next to the ocean
next to the war, the flagging economy was the biggest campaign issue
Adverb
bought it for next to nothing
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Benjamin Brown, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Rolling Stone even rang up Trump in 2008 to discuss his fandom after noticing him at several New York shows, including the front row of a CSNY concert at the Theater at MSG where he was seated next to Patti Smith and Salman Rushdie.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2025
Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
Mulaney crouches next to his son, who is wearing a red and gray striped onesie.
—Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
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Preposition
Satellite images provided to CNN by Maxar show planes parked on the airfield next to what appears to be a decoy – a picture of a plane painted on the ground in white paint.
—Benjamin Brown, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Rolling Stone even rang up Trump in 2008 to discuss his fandom after noticing him at several New York shows, including the front row of a CSNY concert at the Theater at MSG where he was seated next to Patti Smith and Salman Rushdie.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2025
Adverb
The left winglet of a Boeing 757 clipped the horizontal stabilizer of an empty Delta Air Lines Bombardier CRJ-900 that was parked next to it, the FAA said.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
Mulaney crouches next to his son, who is wearing a red and gray striped onesie.
—Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
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“Next to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next%20to. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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