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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEXT, a.
1. Nearest in place; that has no object intervening between it and some other; immediately preceding, or preceding in order. We say, the next person before or after another.
Her princely guest was next her side, in order sat the rest.
2. Nearest in time; as the next day or hour; the next day before or after Easter.
3. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right or relation; as, one man is next to another in excellence; one is next in kindred; one is next in rank or dignity. Assign the property to nim who has the next claim.
NEXT, adv. At the time or turn nearest or immediately succeeding. It is not material who follows next.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [syn: following, next]
2: 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, next, side by side]
3: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: future, next, succeeding] adv
1: at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the doctor examined his back"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English n?ehst, superlative of n?ah nigh — more at nigh Date: before 12th century 1. immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time) 2. any other considered hypothetically <knew it as well as the next man> II. preposition Date: before 12th century nearest or adjacent to III. adverb Date: 14th century 1. in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding <next we drove home> <the next closest school> 2. on the first occasion to come <when next we meet> IV. noun Date: 15th century one that is next <from one day to the next>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., n., & prep. --adj. 1 (often foll. by to) being or positioned or living nearest (in the next house; the chair next to the fire). 2 the nearest in order of time; the first or soonest encountered or considered (next Friday; ask the next person you see). --adv. 1 (often foll. by to) in the nearest place or degree (put it next to mine; came next to last). 2 on the first or soonest occasion (when we next meet). --n. the next person or thing. --prep. colloq. next to. Phrases and idioms: next-best the next in order of preference. next door see DOOR. next of kin the closest living relative or relatives. next to almost (next to nothing left). the next world see WORLD. Etymology: OE nehsta superl. (as NIGH)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Next Next, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nigh Nigh, a. [Compar. Nigher; superl. Nighest, or Next.] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne['a]h, n?h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h, a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n?hw, n?hwa, adv., 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The next period of time, event, person, or thing is the one that comes immediately after the present one or after the previous one. I got up early the next morning. ...the next available flight... Who will be the next prime minister?... I want my next child born at home... Many senior citizens have very few visitors from one week to the next... ORD 2. You use next in expressions such as next Friday, next day and next year to refer, for example, to the first Friday, day, or year that comes after the present or previous one. Let's plan a big night next week... He retires next January... Next day the EU summit strengthened their ultimatum. DET • Next is also an adjective. I shall be 26 years old on Friday next. ADJ: n ADJ • Next is also a pronoun. He predicted that the region's economy would grow by about six per cent both this year and next. PRON 3. The next place or person is the one that is nearest to you or that is the first one that you come to. Grace sighed so heavily that Trish could hear it in the next room... The man in the next chair was asleep... Stop at the next corner. I'm getting out. ADJ: det ADJ 4. The thing that happens next is the thing that happens immediately after something else. Next, close your eyes then screw them up tight... I don't know what to do next... The news is next. ADV: ADV with cl, ADV after v, be ADV 5. When you next do something, you do it for the first time since you last did it. I next saw him at his house in Berkshire... When we next met, he was much more jovial. ADV: ADV before v 6. You use next to say that something has more of a particular quality than all other things except one. For example, the thing that is next best is the one that is the best except for one other thing. The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing... At least three times more daffodils are grown than in Holland, the next largest grower. = second ADV: ADV adj-superl 7. You use after next in expressions such as the week after next to refer to a period of time after the next one. For example, when it is May, the month after next is July. ...the party's annual conference, to be held in Bournemouth the week after next. PHRASE: n PHR 8. If you say that you do something or experience something as much as the next person, you mean that you are no different from anyone else in the respect mentioned. I'm as ambitious as the next man. I'd like to manage at the very highest level. PHRASE: as group PHR [emphasis] 9. If one thing is next to another thing, it is at the other side of it. She sat down next to him on the sofa. ...at the southern end of the Gaza Strip next to the Egyptian border... The car was parked in the small weedy lot next to the hotel. = beside PREP-PHRASE 10. You use next to in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect. Her children were the number two priority in her life next to her career... = after PREP-PHRASE 11. You use next to before a negative, or a word that suggests something negative, to mean almost, but not completely. Johnson still knew next to nothing about tobacco... Most pre-prepared weight loss products are next to useless. = virtually PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, PHR nothing/adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Nearest.

Foolish Dictionary

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Moby Thesaurus

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