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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 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 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]:
NEXT NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"
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