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- 1 Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining. not-comparable
"The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring."
- 2 Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.; Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time. not-comparable, obsolete
"A prophet I, Madam; and I speak the truth the next way: […]"
- 3 Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order. not-comparable
"Please turn to the next page."
- 4 Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.) not-comparable
"next friend"
- 1 immediately following in time or order wordnet
- 2 (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment wordnet
- 3 nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space wordnet
- 4 (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving wordnet
- 1 In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following. not-comparable
"They live in the next closest house."
- 2 In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.; So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned. conjunctive, not-comparable
"First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint."
- 3 On the first subsequent occasion. not-comparable
"Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?"
- 1 at the time or occasion immediately following wordnet
- 1 Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
"Next week would be a good time to meet."
- 2 Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
"The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now."
- 1 The one that follows after this one. uncountable
"Next, please, don't hold up the queue!"
- 2 Next match uncountable
"gg team, Wanna play next?"
- 1 On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to. obsolete, poetic
"D is so dainty a letter, that she admits no other consonant next her but R:[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).
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