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[ nekst ]
adjective
- immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.:
the next day;
the next person in line.
- nearest or adjacent in place or position:
the next room.
- nearest in relationship or kinship.
adverb
- in the place, time, importance, etc., nearest or immediately following:
We're going to London next.
This is my next oldest daughter.
- on the first occasion to follow:
when next we meet.
preposition
- adjacent to; nearest:
It's in the closet next the blackboard.
next
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adjective
- immediately following
the next patient to be examined
do it next week
- immediately adjoining
the next room
- closest to in degree
the next-best thing
the tallest boy next to James
- the next but onethe one after the next
adverb
- at a time or on an occasion immediately to follow
next, he started to unscrew the telephone receiver
the patient to be examined next
- next to
- adjacent to; at or on one side of
the house next to ours
- following in degree
next to your mother, who do you love most?
- almost
next to impossible
preposition
- archaic.next to
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of next1
Idioms and Phrases
- get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
- next door to,
- in an adjacent house, apartment, office, etc.; neighboring.
- in a position of proximity; near to:
They are next door to poverty.
- next to,
- adjacent to:
He sat next to his sister.
- almost; nearly:
next to impossible.
- aside from:
Next to cake, ice cream is my favorite dessert.
More idioms and phrases containing next
- cleanliness is next to godliness
Example Sentences
Yoon's successor needs to be chosen in the next 60 days.
Pull these things off and perhaps a few others and maybe just maybe that longed for economic growth comes next.
Instead of a turnover, Curry scored on a layup on the next possession.
Corona heads next week to North Carolina to play in the National High School Baseball Invitational.
“But the problem is we don’t know … what’s going to be announced tomorrow or next week.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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