in or into a position right by somebody/something
Example:
- We sat next to each other.
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following in order or importance after somebody/something
Example:
- Next to skiing my favourite sport is skating.
almost
Example:
- Charles knew next to nothing about farming.
- The horse came next to last (= the one before the last one) in the race.
in comparison with somebody/something
Example:
- Next to her I felt like a fraud.