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Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: followingadjacentside by side(p)future(a)succeeding(a)

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. immediately following in time or order“the following day”“next in line”“the next president”“the next item on the list”Synonyms: following
  2. 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”Synonyms: adjacentside by side(p)
  3. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving“our next president”Synonyms: future(a)succeeding(a)

Adverb (1)

  1. at the time or occasion immediately following“next the doctor examined his back”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Next \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. [1913 Webster]

Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.— Bunyan.[1913 Webster]

2.Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour. [1913 Webster]

3.Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. [1913 Webster]

None could tell whose turn should be the next.— Gay.[1913 Webster]

4.Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. [1913 Webster]

The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.— Ruth ii. 20.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Next \Next\, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next. [1913 Webster]
Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. Nigher (n[imac]"[~e]r); superl. Nighest, or Next (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h, a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.]

1.Not distant or remote in place or time; near. [1913 Webster]

The loud tumult shows the battle nigh.— Prior.[1913 Webster]

2.Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles. [1913 Webster]

Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.— Eph. ii. 13.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring. [1913 Webster]

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