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/ˈnɛkst ˌtuː/ UK
/ˈnekst ˌtuː/ UK
/-tə/ UK, unstressed
/ˈnɛkst ˌtu/ Canada, US
/-tə/ Canada, US, unstressed
/ˈnekst ˌtʉː/ Australia, New Zealand
/-tə/ Australia, New Zealand, unstressed
/ˈnɛkst ˌtʉ/ Scotland
/-tə/ Scotland, unstressed
/-tʌ/ Scotland
/ˈnɛ(ː)ksʈ ˌʈuː/ India
/-ʈo/ India, unstressed

preposition

Beside, alongside, by, adjacent to, or near. Would you mind if I sit next to you?
Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from. 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...
Compared to, in comparison with. 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, ...

adverb more next to · most next to

Almost; nearly, well-nigh. It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well.

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prep beside; alongside

Español	yunto/juntamente/junto a, al lado de, cabe, al costado de
한국어	옆에 yeope, ...옆에 ...yeop-e
日本語	...の隣 ...no tonari, ...のそばに ...no soba ni
中文	...旁邊 /旁边 pángbiān, ...比鄰 /比邻 bǐlín, 在...旁邊 /在...旁边 zài...pángbiān
हिन्दी	... के पास ... ke pās, ... के नज़दीक ... ke nazdīk, ... की बग़ल में ... kī baġal mẽ
Português	ao lado de, do lado de
Français	à côté de, auprès de
Deutsch	neben
Italiano	vicino a, accanto, vicino, a fianco
Ελληνικά	δίπλα σε dípla se, πλάι σε plái se
Română	lângă, alături
Русский	о́коло ókolo, ря́дом с rjádom s, во́зле vózle, при pri
Tiếng Việt	bên
العربية	بُالْقُرب مِن bi-l-qurb min, بِجَانِب bijānib
עברית	לְיַד leyád, עַל יַד 'al yad, לצד l'tsad

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@misc{next_to_2026,
  title = {next to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/next%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}