English

Alternative forms

• next-door, nextdoor

Adverb

next door ‎(not comparable)

1. In an adjacent place.

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Adjective

next door ‎(comparative more next door, superlative most next door)

1. (usually postpositive) That is in an adjacent place; that is located next door.

   Try the place next door.

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Usage notes

• When used prepositively, before the noun it modifies, some authorities recommend the hyphenated form next-door.

Related terms

• boy next door
• girl next door

Preposition

next door

1. (dialectal) Next door to.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 17:

     Next door the kirk was an olden tower, built in the time of the Roman Catholics [...].