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  [nekst]
Use next in a Sentence
–adjective
1. immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
2. nearest or adjacent in place or position: the next room.
3. nearest in relationship or kinship.
–adverb
4. in the place, time, importance, etc., nearest or immediately following: We're going to London next. This is my next oldest daughter.
5. on the first occasion to follow: when next we meet.
–preposition
6. adjacent to; nearest: It's in the closet next the blackboard.
—Idioms
7. get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
8. next door to,
a. in an adjacent house, apartment, office, etc.; neighboring.
b. in a position of proximity; near to: They are next door to poverty.
9. next to,
a. adjacent to: He sat next to his sister.
b. almost; nearly: next to impossible.
c. aside from: Next to cake, ice cream is my favorite dessert.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME next(e), OE nēxt, nēhst, niehst, superl. of nēah nigh (see -est 1 ); c. Icel nǣstr, G nächst; cf. near
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next   (někst)   
adj.  
  1. Nearest in space or position; adjacent: the next room.
  2. Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence: next week; the next item on the list.
adv.  
  1. In the time, order, or place nearest or immediately following: reading this book next; our next oldest child.
  2. On the first subsequent occasion: when next I write.
n.  The next person or thing: The next will be better.

[Middle English nexte, from Old English nīehsta, nēhst, superlative of nēah, near.]
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Next

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

Next\, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : next
Spanish: próximo, siguiente,
German: nächst,
Japanese: 次の
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next 
O.E. niehsta, nyhsta (W.Saxon), nesta (Anglian) "nearest, closest," superl. of neah (W.Saxon), neh (Anglian) "nigh;" from P.Gmc. *nekh- "near" + superlative suffix *-istaz. Cognate with O.N. næstr, Du. naast "next," O.H.G. nahisto "neighbor," Ger. nächst "next." Nextdoor is attested from 1485. Phrase the next person "a typical person" is from 1857.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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next

In addition to the idioms beginning with next, also see cleanliness is next to godliness.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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