"next to" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} next to, {{en-PP}} next to
  1. Almost; nearly, well-nigh. Derived forms: next to nothing, next to no time
    Sense id: en-next_to-en-adv-57LKGQwQ

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} next to, {{en-prep}} next to
  1. Beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near. Translations (beside; alongside): ⁧بُالْقُرب مِن⁩ (bi-l-qurb min) (Arabic), ⁧بِجَانِب⁩ (bijānib) (Arabic), ⁧جنب⁩ (ganb) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ⁧جنب⁩ (janb) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), yanında (Azerbaijani), yaxınlığında (Azerbaijani), побач поруч (póbač) (Belarusian), до (do) (Bulgarian), al costat (Catalan), ⁧لەبن⁩ (lebin) (Central Kurdish), ...旁邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 旁边 (pángbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), ...比鄰 (Chinese Mandarin), 比邻 (bǐlín) (Chinese Mandarin), vedle (Czech), ved siden af (Danish), naast (Dutch), ...-n vieressä (Finnish), ...-n vierellä (Finnish), à côté de (French), a carón de (Galician), onda (Galician), neben (German), δίπλα σε (dípla se) (Greek), ⁧לְיַד⁩ (leyád) (Hebrew), ⁧עַל יַד⁩ ('al yad) (Hebrew), ... के पास (... ke pās) (Hindi), ... के नज़दीक (... ke nazdīk) (Hindi), di samping (Indonesian), rinnaal (Ingrian), in aice le (Irish), vicino a (Italian), ...の隣 (...no tonari) (alt: ...のとなり) (Japanese), 옆에 (yeope) (Korean), secundum (Latin), iuxta (Latin), pódla (Lower Sorbian), maġenb (Maltese), li rex (Northern Kurdish), ved siden av (Norwegian), hos (Norwegian), ⁧څنګ ته⁩ (tseng të) (Pashto), ⁧کنار⁩ (kenâr-e) (Persian), ⁧پهلوی⁩ (pahlu-ye) (Persian), obok (Polish), ao lado de (Portuguese), do lado de (Portuguese), lângă (Romanian), о́коло (ókolo) (Russian), pored [with-genitive] (Serbo-Croatian), kraj [with-genitive] (Serbo-Croatian), pokraj [with-genitive] (Serbo-Croatian), junto a (Spanish), al lado de (Spanish), cabe (Spanish), bredvid (Swedish), ติดกับ (dtìt gàp) (Thai), поруч (poruč) (Ukrainian), по́ряд (pórjad) (Ukrainian), ⁧... کے پاس⁩ (... ke pās) (Urdu), ⁧... کے نزدیک⁩ (... ke nazdīk) (Urdu), ⁧کے بغل میں⁩ (ke baġal mẽ) (Urdu), ar bwys (Welsh), ger (Welsh), lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-next_to-en-prep-rjIv5vno Disambiguation of 'beside; alongside': 95 5 0
  2. Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from.
    Sense id: en-next_to-en-prep-f6N4rxCw
  3. Compared to, in comparison with.
    Sense id: en-next_to-en-prep-GJ2eGT9M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: next to last

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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "vedle"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "ved siden af"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "naast"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "...-n vieressä"
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          "sense": "beside; alongside",
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "a carón de"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "onda"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "neben"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dípla se",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "δίπλα σε"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "leyád",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧לְיַד⁩"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'al yad",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧עַל יַד⁩"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "... ke pās",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "... के पास"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "... ke nazdīk",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "... के नज़दीक"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "di samping"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "rinnaal"
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "in aice le"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "vicino a"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "alt": "...のとなり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "...no tonari",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "...の隣"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeope",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "옆에"
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "lebin",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧لەبن⁩"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "li rex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "secundum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "iuxta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "maġenb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "ved siden av"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "hos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "tseng të",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧څنګ ته⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kenâr-e",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧کنار⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pahlu-ye",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧پهلوی⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "obok"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "ao lado de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "do lado de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "lângă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "ря́дом (rjádom) (+ с + s)",
          "sense": "beside; alongside"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ókolo",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "о́коло"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "tags": [
            "with-genitive"
          ],
          "word": "pored"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kraj"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pokraj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "pódla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "junto a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "al lado de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "cabe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "bredvid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtìt gàp",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "ติดกับ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poruč",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "поруч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pórjad",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "по́ряд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "... ke pās",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧... کے پاس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "... ke nazdīk",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧... کے نزدیک⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ke baġal mẽ",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "⁧کے بغل میں⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "ar bwys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "ger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5 0",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "beside; alongside",
          "word": "lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́"
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          "ref": "2006, Steve Cox, Jim Terry, One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life in Pictures : an Authorized Biography, Cumberland House Publishing, page 59",
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          "ref": "2016, Jill Shalvis, The Bachelor's Bed, Harlequin",
          "text": "“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.",
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          "ref": "2013-08-10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
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          "text": "Cleanliness is next to godliness."
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Steve Cox, Jim Terry, One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life in Pictures : an Authorized Biography, Cumberland House Publishing, page 59",
          "text": "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...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Jill Shalvis, The Bachelor's Bed, Harlequin",
          "text": "“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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "consideration",
          "consideration"
        ],
        [
          "aside from",
          "aside from"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Michael Hettich, Greatest hits, 1987-2001, Pudding House Publications, page 5",
          "text": "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, ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013-08-10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Compared to, in comparison with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Compared",
          "compare"
        ],
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bi-l-qurb min",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧بُالْقُرب مِن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bijānib",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧بِجَانِب⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ganb",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧جنب⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "janb",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧جنب⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "yanında"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "yaxınlığında"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "póbač",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "побач поруч"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "do",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "до"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "al costat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "...旁邊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pángbiān",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "旁边"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "...比鄰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐlín",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "比邻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "vedle"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "ved siden af"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "naast"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "...-n vieressä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "...-n vierellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "à côté de"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "a carón de"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "onda"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "neben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dípla se",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "δίπλα σε"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "leyád",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧לְיַד⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'al yad",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧עַל יַד⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "... ke pās",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "... के पास"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "... ke nazdīk",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "... के नज़दीक"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "di samping"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "rinnaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "in aice le"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "vicino a"
    },
    {
      "alt": "...のとなり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "...no tonari",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "...の隣"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeope",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "옆에"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lebin",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧لەبن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "li rex"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "secundum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "iuxta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "maġenb"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "ved siden av"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "hos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tseng të",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧څنګ ته⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kenâr-e",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧کنار⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pahlu-ye",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧پهلوی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "obok"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "ao lado de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "do lado de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "lângă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ря́дом (rjádom) (+ с + s)",
      "sense": "beside; alongside"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ókolo",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "о́коло"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "pored"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "kraj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "pokraj"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "pódla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "junto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "al lado de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "cabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "bredvid"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtìt gàp",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "ติดกับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poruč",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "поруч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pórjad",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "по́ряд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "... ke pās",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧... کے پاس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "... ke nazdīk",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧... کے نزدیک⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ke baġal mẽ",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "⁧کے بغل میں⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "ar bwys"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "ger"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "beside; alongside",
      "word": "lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "next to"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "next to nothing"
    },
    {
      "word": "next to no time"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "next to",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "next to",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well."
        },
        {
          "text": "The job paid next to nothing."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1885, Richard Watson Dixon, History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction, page 465",
          "text": "The Puritans who groaned under it, and so bitterly resisted when it was administered at the hands of bishops, forgot, or never knew, that it was invented, or next to invented, by the episcopal founder of Nonconformity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Almost; nearly, well-nigh."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ],
        [
          "well-nigh",
          "well-nigh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "next to"
}

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