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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: adjacent, close, following, future(a), incoming, side by side(p), succeeding(a)
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