live next door

Meaning

This phrase means to live in the house or apartment immediately adjacent to someone else's. It is a very common, friendly way to describe your closest neighbors. You can use it alone or with 'to' followed by a person.

Examples

• My best friend lives next door, so we see each other every day.

  My best friend lives next door, so we see each other every day.

• A very nice family just moved in and lives next door to us.

  A very nice family just moved in and lives next door to us.

• Do you know the people who live next door?

  Do you know the people who live next door?

• I used to live next door to a famous musician.

  I used to live next door to a famous musician.

• They live next door, but we rarely talk to them.

  They live next door, but we rarely talk to them.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ He lives near door to me.

  ✓ He lives next door to me.

  The correct prepositional phrase is 'next door,' not 'near door.'

• ✗ She lives in the next door.

  ✓ She lives next door.

  'Next door' acts as an adverbial phrase of place; you do not need the preposition 'in' or the article 'the.'

Related Expressions

Practice

• I don't need to drive to visit Sarah because she ___.

  💡 She is my closest neighbor.

  Show answer

  lives next door

• Who is the man that ___ to you?

  💡 He lives in the adjacent house.

  Show answer

  lives next door