Next

Quick meaning: Next is an adjective meaning Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
2. Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
3. In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
4. On the first subsequent occasion.
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. (chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
7. (obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

Example Sentences

Please turn to the next page.

On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.

I live in the next house to the Grand Hotel.

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

Word Forms

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Synonyms for next

Depending on context, synonyms include subsequent, close, adjacent, succeeding, future, following.

Antonyms for next

Common opposites include previous, previously.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adjacent, following, succeeding, side by side, incoming, future.

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