next door
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Definition
Adverb 1. In, at, or to the adjacent house, building, or residence: Used to indicate a location that is immediately adjoining or neighboring the point of reference.
Usage
The adverb "next door" is used to describe a location relative to another, most commonly a home or building. It specifies immediate adjacency. * It typically follows verbs like live, be, go, come from, or move to. * It can function as an adverbial phrase of place.
Examples
- Adverb:
- My best friend lives next door.
- Is there a grocery store next door?
- The noise is coming from next door.
- They just moved in next door last week.
Advanced Usage
- "from next door": Used to indicate origin or source from the adjacent property.
- Our new neighbors are from next door.
- Conceptual Use: Can be used informally to refer to something very close or immediately adjacent in a non-physical sense (e.g., in an office or organizational structure).
- You can ask Sarah in the marketing department; she's just next door (i.e., in the adjacent office).
Variants and Related Words
- Next-door (Adjective): Used before a noun to describe a neighboring person or thing. CRITICAL NOTE: This is the adjectival compound form, distinct from the adverbial phrase "next door".
- My next-door neighbor is very friendly.
- We share a wall with the next-door apartment.
Synonyms
- Adjacent: Next to or adjoining something else.
- Neighboring: Located or living near or next to a place or person.
Related Phrases
- (The people/neighbors) next door: A common noun phrase referring to the inhabitants of the adjacent residence.
- I need to return this tool to the people next door.
- The neighbors next door have a lovely garden.
Adverb
- at or in or to the adjacent residence
- the criminal had been living next door all this time