 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
next
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {adjacent}, {side by side(p)}]
2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: {future(a)}, {succeeding(a)}]
3: immediately following in time or order; "the following day";
"next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on
the list" [syn: {following}]
adverb: at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the
doctor examined his back"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Next \Next\, adverb
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
succeeding; as, this man follows next.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Next \Next\ (n[e^]kst), adjective, 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), adjective [Compar. {Nigher} (n[imac]"[~e]r);
superl. {Nighest}, or {Next} (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh,
neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adverb, OS. n[=a]h,
a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, adjective, nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in
comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adverb, nigh. Cf. {Near},
{Neighbor}, {Next}.]
1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
closely allied; intimate. ''Nigh kinsmen.'' --Knolles.
Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
--Eph. ii. 13.
Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, therewith
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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