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adj. Nearest in space or position; adjacent: the next room.

adj. Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence: next week; the next item on the list.

ad. In the time, order, or place nearest or immediately following: reading this book next; our next oldest child.

ad. On the first subsequent occasion: when next I write.

n. The next person or thing: The next will be better.

idiom. next to Adjacent to: the car next to hers.

idiom. next to Following in order or degree: Next to skiing, she likes hiking.

idiom. next to Almost; practically: next to impossible.

adj. Following in a sequence.

adj. Being closer to the present location than all other items.

adj. Nearest following (of date, time, space or order).

adj. Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.

determiner. The one immediately following the current or most recent one

determiner. Closest to seven days (one week) in advance.

ad. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.

ad. On the first subsequent occasion,

preposition. On the side of; next to.

n. The one that follows after this one.

Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

Nearest in time.

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

Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation.

ad. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding.

Nighest; nearest; in the place, position, rank, or turn which is nearest: as, next before; next after you.

In the place or turn immediately succeeding: as, Who comes next?

Almost; within a little of being: as, next to nothing.

Nearest to; immediately adjacent to.

Nighest; nearest in place or position; adjoining: as, the next town; the next room.

Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately succeeding: as, advise me in your next letter; next time; next month.

Nearest or shortest in point of distance or of time; most direct in respect of the way or means.

The last preceding.

Synonyms Nearest, Next. See near.

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

adj. immediately following in time or order

ad. at the time or occasion immediately following

adj. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

"But now I hear plainly, even though it be very soft -- the whisper about the bridegroom and the next year, and again quite significantly, the _next_ year."

incoming    succeeding    close   

previous    last    this    previously   

next suit    next friend    next of kin    next to    next door to    to get next    to make it next    next to nothing   

nearest    immediate    immediately   

Czechs    Ex    Lex    Rex    Teletext    Tex    Triplex    X    aix    annex   

new    first    third    previous    last    simple    cousin    occasion    thick    slowly