next-door

[ adverb neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-; adjective neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst- ]

/ adverb ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-; adjective ˈnɛksˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, ˈnɛkst- /

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adverb

Also next door . to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like: Go next-door and get your sister. Your sister is next-door. Her brother lives next-door.

adjective

being situated or living next-door: next-door neighbors.

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Origin of next-door

First recorded in 1475–85

How to use next-door in a sentence

In fact, according to F-35 program sources, the next software upgrades are not yet fully defined nor are they fully funded.
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A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.
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But we are afraid and we wonder to ourselves who will be next.
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The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
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He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.
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Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
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In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
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Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
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British Dictionary definitions for next-door

next door

adjective, adverb (next-door when prenominal)

at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etcwe live next door to the dentist; the next-door house

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