next to

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Preposition

1. Beside, alongside, by, adjacent or near to.

   Would you mind if I sit next to you?

   Cleanliness is next to godliness.

2. Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from.
   • 2006, Steve Cox, Jim Terry, One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life in Pictures : an Authorized Biography (Cumberland House Publishing, ISBN 9781581823639), page 59:

     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...

   • 2016, Jill Shalvis, The Bachelor's Bed, Harlequin (ISBN 9781460397039)

     “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.

3. Compared to, in comparison with.
   • 2002, Michael Hettich, Greatest hits, 1987-2001, Pudding House Publications (ISBN 9781589980976), page 5:

     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, ...

Translations

• French: à côté de
• German: neben
• Italian: vicino a
• Portuguese: ao lado de, do lado de
• Russian: ря́дом
• Spanish: junto a, al lado de, cabe

Adverb

1. Almost; nearly, well-nigh.

   It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well.

   The job paid next to nothing.

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