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.
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Next
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
preposition
Idioms 6.
adjacent to; nearest: It's in the closet next the blackboard.
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.
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next (nɛkst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | immediately following: the next patient to be examined; do it next week |
| 2. | immediately adjoining: the next room |
| 3. | closest to in degree: the tallest boy next to James; the next-best thing |
| 4. | the next but one the one after the next |
| —adv | |
| 5. | at a time or on an occasion immediately to follow: the patient to be examined next; next, he started to unscrew the telephone receiver |
| 6. | next to |
| a. adjacent to; at or on one side of: the house next to ours | |
| b. following in degree: next to your mother, who do you love most? | |
| c. almost: next to impossible | |
| —prep | |
| 7. | archaic next to |
| [Old English nēhst, superlative of nēah | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
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.
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Visitors see the diamond, and it gets them to wonder what's in the next room, and in the space beyond that.
In effect, it was thought, germ cells wiped the slate clean for the next generation.
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Next to nothing is known of his life, though many legends surround him.
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