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Next Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Next? [adv] at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the doctor examined his back" [adj] immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [adj] nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [adj] (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Next: adjacent \| close \| following \| future(a) \| incoming \| side by side(p) \| succeeding(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Next: adjacent \| adjoining \| after \| after all \| after that \| afterward \| afterwards \| appendant \| behind \| below \| bordering \| by \| closest \| coming \| connecting \| consequent \| conterminous \| contiguous \| coterminous \| end to end \| endways \| endwise \| ensuing \| ex post facto \| face to face \| following \| immediate \| in the aftermath \| in the sequel \| joined \| juxtaposed \| juxtapositional \| juxtapositive \| later \| nearest \| nearmost \| neighbor \| neighboring \| nighest \| posterior \| postpositional \| postpositive \| proximate \| sequacious \| sequent \| sequential \| since \| subsequent \| subsequent to \| subsequently \| succeeding \| successive \| suffixed \| then \| thereafter \| thereon \| thereupon \| therewith See Also \| Next In Webster's Dictionary \Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of {Nigh}. [AS. n[=e]hst, ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See {Nigh}.] 1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. --Chaucer. Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden. Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way. --Bunyan. 2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour. 3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. None could tell whose turn should be the next. --Gay. 4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20. Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered by many grammarians as a preposition. {Next friend} (Law), one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law. \Next\, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.

Next Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Next?

[adv] at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the doctor examined his back"
[adj] immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
[adj] nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"
[adj] (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

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Next In Webster's Dictionary

\Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of {Nigh}. [AS. n[=e]hst,
ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See {Nigh}.]
1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
   --Chaucer.

         Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat
         the rest.                             --Dryden.

         Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
                                               --Bunyan.

2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
   in order.

         None could tell whose turn should be the next.
                                               --Gay.

4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
   the next heir was an infant.

         The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
         kinsmen.                              --Ruth ii. 20.

Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to
      is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered
      by many grammarians as a preposition.

{Next friend} (Law), one who represents an infant, a married
   woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a
   suit at law.


\Next\, adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
suceeding; as, this man follows next.

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