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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)
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.
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.
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.