NEXT

following, next

(adjective) immediately following in time or order; “the following day”; “next in line”; “the next president”; “the next item on the list”

next

(adjective) (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment; “not this Saturday, next Saturday”; “on Tuesday next”

adjacent, next, side by side

(adjective) 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”

next, future(a), succeeding

(adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; “our next president”

next

(adverb) at the time or occasion immediately following; “next the doctor examined his back”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

next (not comparable)

Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

(obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.

Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

(figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.

(chiefly, law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)

Synonyms

• (nearest in order): See also former or subsequent

Antonyms

• previous

• (closest to seven days ahead): last, this

Determiner

next

The one immediately following the current or most recent one

Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

Adverb

next (not comparable)

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

On the first subsequent occasion.

Antonyms

• previously

Preposition

next

On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

Noun

next (uncountable)

The one that follows after this one.

Source: Wiktionary

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Next, a., superl. of Nigh. Etym: [AS. n, niéhst, n, superl. of neáh 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.

Definition: In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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