About The Word Next
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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. |
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