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CIDE DICTIONARY
next, a. [AS. n, niéhst, n, superl. of neáh nigh. See Nigh.].
- Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"Her princely guest
Was next her side; in order sat the rest." [1913 Webster]"Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way." [1913 Webster] - Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour. [1913 Webster]
- Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. [1913 Webster]"None could tell whose turn should be the next." [1913 Webster]
- Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. [1913 Webster]" 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]"The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen." [1913 Webster]
next, adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
next, adj., adv., n., & prep.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by to) being or positioned or living nearest (in the next house; the chair next to the fire).
2 the nearest in order of time; the first or soonest encountered or considered (next Friday; ask the next person you see).
--adv.
1 (often foll. by to) in the nearest place or degree (put it next to mine; came next to last).
2 on the first or soonest occasion (when we next meet).
--n. the next person or thing.
--prep. colloq. next to.
--adj.
1 (often foll. by to) being or positioned or living nearest (in the next house; the chair next to the fire).
2 the nearest in order of time; the first or soonest encountered or considered (next Friday; ask the next person you see).
--adv.
1 (often foll. by to) in the nearest place or degree (put it next to mine; came next to last).
2 on the first or soonest occasion (when we next meet).
--n. the next person or thing.
--prep. colloq. next to.
Idiom
next-best the next in order of preference. next door see DOOR. next of kin the closest living relative or relatives. next to almost (next to nothing left). the next world see WORLD.
Etymology
OE nehsta superl. (as NIGH)
THESAURUS
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, therewithROGET THESAURUS
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Sequence
N sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after, sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after.Posteriority
N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.Futurity
N futurity, futurition, future, hereafter, time to come, approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years, morrow, millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future, approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time, destiny, eventuality, heritage, heirs posterity, prospect, foresight, future, to come, coming, next, near, close at hand, eventual, ulterior, in prospect, prospectively, hereafter, in future, kal, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time, eventually, ultimately, sooner or later, proximo, paulo post futurum, in after time, one of these days, after a time, after a while, from this time, henceforth, henceforwards, thence, thenceforth, thenceforward, whereupon, upon which, soon, on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of, about to, close upon, quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere.For further exploring for "next" in Webster Dictionary Online
