Next to meaning in English
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Definition
(right) next to (your mother): (Very) near to, close to (your mother)
Sit next to me.
Next to (you, I'm nice)!: Compared to (you, I'm nice)!
Examples
- "Anyway, I am standing next to none other than entrepreneur Bruno Delavigne, who has just emerged from intense marathon negotiation sessions with the International Fruit Concern, Incorporated."
- "jpeg", and voilà - my photo is next to the article on Geek!"
- "Tatiana : Ok, here we have very large cathedral, next to very big church, next to medium size church, next to very small church."
- "Bruno : Great, and the guesthouse is next to the sauna?"
- "Next to each day is a small, blank box."
- "Lance : Moira, there comes a time in every man's life when he has got to stand next to an active volcano and conquer that fear like a man."
- "Young man : Cough medicine's in aisle 3, right next to the condoms."
- "Speak to girls in bars, talk to the guy sitting next to you in the subway, give out you business cards."
- "Felt faint with hunger until the elderly French woman in the aisle seat next to me offered me a bite of her sardine sandwich."
- "Brian : Yeah, I'll pass on your message... or put it next to him, with some flowers."
- "Meet me next to the coffee machine at 3pm tomorrow for an informal meeting so that we can come up with some party ideas!"
- "A cardboard box containing a kind of primitive weapon was found next to 3 live poisonous spiders, the skin of 6 hallucinogenic frogs, and 14 bottles of whiskey."
- "The venue will be Golden Gate Park, next to Queen Wilhelmina's windmill."
- "This man next to me is Jermaine Gilchrist."
- "Moira : And talking of pretty ladies, who's this little princess next to you?"
- "The battery life is pathetic, so you have to stay next to a socket every time you want to read a darn book."
- "Fortunately, however, a few fragments were spared, and I have put them in the bucket next to this letter."
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