next
adjective
[ nɛkst ]
• (of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
• "we'll go to Corfu next year"
• coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space.
• "the woman in the next room"
Similar:
following,
succeeding,
to come,
upcoming,
neighbouring,
adjacent,
adjoining,
next-door,
bordering,
abutting,
contiguous,
connected,
connecting,
attached,
closest,
nearest,
proximate,
next
adverb
• on the first or soonest occasion after the present; immediately afterwards.
• "he wondered what would happen next"
Similar:
then,
after this/that,
following that/this,
after,
afterwards,
after that time,
later,
at a later time,
subsequently,
at a subsequent time,
thereafter,
thereupon,
• following in the specified order.
• "Jo was the next oldest after Martin"
next
noun
• the next person or thing.
• "the week after next"
next
preposition
• next to.
• "he plodded along next him"
next
determiner
• another.
• "every year sales down by a next ten per cent again"
Origin:
Old English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste .
next to
• in or into a position immediately to one side of; beside.
• "we sat next to each other"
Similar:
beside,
next door to,
alongside,
by/at the side of,
abreast of,
by,
adjacent to,
cheek by jowl with,
side by side with,
close to,
near,
nearest to,
neighbouring,
adjoining,
abutting,
connected to,
connecting with,
contiguous with,
attached to,
Opposite:
away from,
• following in order or importance.
• "next to buying a new wardrobe, nothing lifts the spirits like a new hairdo!"
• almost.
• "I knew next to nothing about farming"
• in comparison with.
• "next to her I felt like a fraud"
