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/nɛkst/ · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
2. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
3. (chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
4. Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
5. (of days of the week or months of the year) 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.
6. In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
7. On the first subsequent occasion.
8. (obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

Example Sentences

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.

I live in the next house to the Grand Hotel.

Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm.

Please turn to the next page.

On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.

the next chapter; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter

The man was driven by his love for money and his desire to become the next Bill Gates.

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• neest
• neist
• nex
• nex'

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