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Adjacent to, as in The car next to mine has a flat tire , [Late 1300s]
Almost, practically, as in It's next to impossible to predict the outcome , or I earned next to nothing last year . [Second half of 1600s]
Following in order or degree, as in Next to skiing, she likes hiking . [Early 1500s]
Example Sentences
Meantime, in March, Oaxaca’s spate of violence made international headlines: Police reported the grisly discovery of the dismembered, bullet-riddled remains of nine young Mexican men and women inside and next to an abandoned Volkswagen sedan along a highway in adjoining Puebla state.
It was next to a picture of the four of us.
As he leaves to meet friends, a steady stream of young people continue to stop at the street corner next to the hairdressers, some bringing bouquets of flowers.
Mr Abel, sitting next to Mr Buffett on stage, was apparently caught unaware by the announcement.
The famous ship, now parked next to Tower Bridge, is the most significant surviving WW2 warship.
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