next to

English

Adverb

next to

1. (idiomatic) Almost; nearly.

   It is next to impossible to get him to admit it, but he writes very well.

Preposition

next to

1. Beside; alongside.

   Do you mind if I sit next to you?

2. Immediately following or preceding in a sequence; just subsequent or previous.

   When you start the next to the last roll, get some more paper.

Translations

beside; alongside

• Arabic: بالقرب من (ar) (bi-l-qurb min), بجانب (ar) (bijaanib)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...旁邊 (cmn), ...旁边 (cmn) (pángbiān), ...比鄰 (cmn), ...比邻 (cmn) (bǐlín)

• Czech: vedle (cs)
• Dutch: naast (nl)
• French: à côté de (fr)
• German: neben (de), neben (de)
• Hindi: ... के पास (hi) (... ke pās), ... के नज़दीक (hi) (... ke nazdīk)
• Italian: vicino a (it)
• Japanese: (+ の + no) 隣 (ja) (となり, tonari)

• Korean: 옆에 (ko)
• Norwegian: ved siden av (no), hos (no)
• Persian: کنار (fa) (kenâr-e)
• Polish: obok (pl)
• Romanian: lângă (ro)
• Russian: рядом (ru) (rjádom) (+ с + s), около (ru) (ókolo)
• Serbo-Croatian: (+ genitive) pored (sh), (+ genitive) kraj (sh), (+ genitive) pokraj (sh)
• Spanish: junto a (es), al lado de (es), cabe (es)
• Urdu: ... کے پاس (ur) (... ke pās), ... کے نزدیک (ur) (... ke nazdīk)
• Welsh: ar bwys (cy), ger (cy)