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| English Dictionary: next |
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| 4 results for next |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- next
- adv
- at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the
doctor examined his back"
- adj
- immediately following in time or order; "the following
day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
Synonym(s): following, next
- 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"
Synonym(s): adjacent, next, side by side(p)
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"
Synonym(s): future(a), next, succeeding(a)
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nigh \Nigh\, a. [Compar. {Nigher}; superl. {Nighest}, or
{Next}.] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne[a0]h, n[?]h; akin to
D. na, adv., OS. n[be]h, a., OHG. n[be]h, G. nah, a., nach
to, after, Icel. n[be] (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n[?]hw,
n[?]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. {Near}, {Neighbor}, {Next}.]
1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
closely allied; intimate. [bd]Nigh kinsmen.[b8] --Knolles.
Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
--Eph. ii. 13.
Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Next \Next\ (n[ecr]kst), a., superl. of {Nigh}. [AS. n[emac]hst,
ni[82]hst, n[ymac]hst, superl. of ne[a0]h nigh. See {Nigh}.]
1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
--Chaucer.
Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat
the rest. --Dryden.
Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
--Bunyan.
2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
in order.
None could tell whose turn should be the next.
--Gay.
4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
the next heir was an infant.
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20.
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.
{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.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Next \Next\, adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
suceeding; as, this man follows next.
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