next dooradverb
uk/ˌnekst ˈdɔːr/us/ˌnekst ˈdɔːr/very close:
Would you want to live next door to a nuclear power station?
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Closeness in distance and time
- a few/couple of steps idiom
- a hair's breadth idiom
- a stone's throw idiom
- ace
- anywhere
- anywhere near idiom
- eyeball to eyeball idiom
- face-to-face
- float around
- hand to hand idiom
- hard by
- proximity
- roof
- round the corner idiom
- shadow
- shout
- step
- stick together
- towards
- under the same roof idiom
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next doornoun [ U ]
uk/ˌnekst ˈdɔːr/us/ˌnekst ˈdɔːr/UK informalthe person or people living in the next room, house, or building:
Next door's having a party next week, did you know?
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Next to and beside
- abreast
- adjacent
- adjoining
- along
- alongside
- at sb's elbow idiom
- beside
- border
- contiguous
- coterminous
- elbow
- next
- on
- shoulder
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
- side
- surround
- to
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Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
next dooradverb, adjective
also next-door ukusB1 in the next room, house, or building:
A Russian couple have just moved in next door.
Who lives next door to you?
Margot is our next-door neighbour.
More examples
- David has lived next door to us for years.
- I live next door to an Asian family.
- I'm going next door for help.
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Next to and beside
- abreast
- adjacent
- adjoining
- along
- alongside
- at sb's elbow idiom
- beside
- border
- contiguous
- coterminous
- elbow
- next
- on
- shoulder
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
- side
- surround
- to
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Idiom(s)
the boy/girl next door
be next door to sth