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  [nekst]
Use nextest 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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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