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/ˈnɛkst ˌtu/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.69 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Immediately after, in choice or consideration; aside from.
prep
Compared to, in comparison with.
Example Sentences
- "Would you mind if I sit next to you?"
- "Cleanliness is next to godliness."
- "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..."
- "“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."
- "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, ..."
- "As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɛkst ˌtu/
- British English: /ˈnɛkst ˌtuː/
Inflected Forms
more next to (comparative)
most next to (superlative)