'NEXT' definitions:
Definition of 'next'
(from WordNet)
adverb
At the time or occasion immediately following; "next the doctor examined his back"
adjective
Immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [syn: following, next]
adjective
Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side(p)]
adjective
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
Definition of 'Next'
From: GCIDE
- Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. Nigher (n[imac]"[~e]r); superl. Nighest, or Next (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h, a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.]
- 1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near. [1913 Webster]
- The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ. --Eph. ii. 13. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Next'
From: GCIDE
- Next \Next\, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Next'
From: GCIDE
- Next \Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. n[=e]hst, ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See Nigh.]
- 1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. [1913 Webster]
- None could tell whose turn should be the next. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. [1913 Webster]
- The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered by many grammarians as a preposition. [1913 Webster]
- Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'next'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjacent,
- adjoining,
- after,
- after all,
- after that,
- afterward,
- afterwards,
- appendant,
- behind,
- below,
- bordering,
- by,
- closest,
- coming,
- connecting,
- consequent,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- coterminous,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- ensuing,
- ex post facto,
- face to face,
- following,
- immediate,
- in the aftermath,
- in the sequel,
- joined,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- later,
- nearest,
- nearmost,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- nighest,
- posterior,
- postpositional,
- postpositive,
- proximate,
- sequacious,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- since,
- subsequent,
- subsequent to,
- subsequently,
- succeeding,
- successive,
- suffixed,
- then,
- thereafter,
- thereon,
- thereupon,
- therewith
Acronyms for 'next'
From: V.E.R.A.
- NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"