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/nɛkst/

adj 4adv 3det 2noun 2prep 1

Collocations

ADJ.

better, closest, entire, live, other, over, south, tiny

The next closest thing to a perfect vacation was our weekend at the beach last summer.

VERB + NEXT

belong, freeze, held, know, leave, look, make, party

I don't know what comes next in this complicated situation.

NEXT + NOUN

bunk, bus, day, door, generation, monday, month, neighbor

I'll catch the next bus home after work.

PREP.

in, in

I'll see you in the next few days when things calm down at work.

ADV.

away

The nearest store is just next away, only a five-minute walk from here.

Definitions

adj

Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.

She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.

Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

A prophet I, Madam; and I speak the truth the next way: […]

The road to resolution, lies by doubt: "The next way home's the farthest way about."

Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

Please turn to the next page.

On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.

Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)

next friend

And if a man purchase land in fee simple and die without issue, he which is his next cousin collaterall of the whole blood, how farre so ever he be from him in degree, (de quel pluis long degree qu'il soit), may inherite and have the land ...

det

Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.

Next week would be a good time to meet.

I'll know better next time.

Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.

When you say next Thursday, do you mean Thursday this week or Thursday next week?

adv

In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.

They live in the next closest house.

It's the next best thing to ice cream.

In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.

First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint.

On the first subsequent occasion.

Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?

When we next meet, you'll be married.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — immediately following in time or order

following

adjective — nearest in space or position

adjacent

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

see you next Tuesday

A cunt. (an objectionable person)

See you next Tuesday — it's a dirty insult. The initials make a dirty insult.

a week from next Tuesday

Some unspecified time in the future.

You are thinking that in ten minutes from now you must do something — or it may be tomorrow, or a week from next Tuesday. Sometimes you think a year ahead, ...

next thing one knows

suddenly, out of the blue.

([Milton Dosantos]) just said they were on the roof and the next thing they knew, they were flat on their backs

as the next guy

To a reasonable degree; as much as a typical person or man.

I like reading as much as the next guy.

as the next girl

To a reasonable degree; as much as a typical woman.

I like reading as much as the next girl.

Example Bank

The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.

Wiktionary

She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.

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I live in the next house to the Grand Hotel.

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Next week would be a good time to meet.

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I'll know better next time.

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The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, next is marked as obsolete, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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