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• next-door
  next-door

  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.
• next door
  next door

  adjective

  at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etc

next-door

American  

[neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-, neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-] / ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-, ˈnɛksˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, ˈnɛkst- /

adverb

1. 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.

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adjective

1. being situated or living next-door.

   next-door neighbors.

next door British  

adjective

1. at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etc

   we live next door to the dentist

   the next-door house

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Etymology

Origin of next-door

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

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At the Austin condo complex, a next-door neighbor said Paxton’s unit has a renter.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

The passenger ferry had been sailing from Bali to the next-door island of Lombok when it caught fire in the early morning hours.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

When Felix and his quirky next-door neighbor Marigold find a wooden box labeled “Open Me” hidden away in a closet, they discover a recording device with an intriguing auditory riddle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Villains in previous Toy Story movies have included a large purple teddy bear called Lotso, troubled next-door neighbour Sid, a ruthless toy collector named Al and creepy vintage doll Gabby Gabby.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

My next-door neighbor Mrs. Brenner stood in the hall with a red-haired woman I didn’t recognize.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Woody Fincham, a real-estate appraiser in Virginia, agrees that a data center going up right next door to a residential property or a subdivision could have an effect on property values.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Indeed, it seems more than possible that the stereotypical Canadian “niceness” is a consequence of living next door to an armed and dangerous neighbor.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Ruth Dickie lives next door at number 6.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Robert Pluhowski, whose family has summered next door to Duryea’s since the 1970s, said the problem goes beyond Rowan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

I follow Babs through the kitchen, outside past where the garbage bins are kept, and around the corner to a narrow alleyway between Birdie’s and the store next door.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Related Words

• adjacent
• adjoining
• immediate
• nearby
• neighboring
• warm