next
Meaning
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- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- (obsolete) Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
Synonyms
after that
and then
next time
next month
next year
next in turn
next in line
following days
forthcomimg
next in order
next one
pilerow
postrequisite
to be
another one
at that time
near by
second best
the coming
at the back
the following
very near
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɛkst/
Etymology
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächst (“next”), Danish næste (“next”), Swedish näst (“next”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”).
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