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adjective
- 1. (of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking: "we'll go to Corfu next year" Similar Opposite
- 2. coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space: "the woman in the next room" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. on the first or soonest occasion after the present; immediately afterwards: "he wondered what would happen next"
- 2. following in the specified order: "Jo was the next oldest after Martin"
noun
- 1. the next person or thing: "the week after next"
preposition
- 1. next to: archaic "he plodded along next him"
determiner
- 1. another: West Indian "every year sales down by a next ten per cent again"
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being the first one after the present one or after the one just mentioned, or being the first after the present moment: Go straight at the traffic light and then take the next right. The next time you want to borrow my dress, ask me first. She was next in line after me.
1. : in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding. next we drove home. the next closest school. 2. : on the first occasion to come. when next we meet.
Next definition: immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.. See examples of NEXT used in a sentence.
You use next to say that something has more of a particular quality than all other things except one. For example, the thing that is next best is the one that is the best except for one other thing.
Definitions of next. adjective. immediately following in time or order. “ next in line” “the next president” “the next item on the list” synonyms: following. succeeding. coming after or following. adjective. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space. “in the next room” “the person sitting next to me”
NEXT definition: 1. the week/year/Monday, etc that follows the present one: 2. The next time, event, person, or…. Learn more.
Define next. next synonyms, next pronunciation, next translation, English dictionary definition of next. adj. 1. Nearest in space or position; adjacent: the next room. 2. Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence: next week; the next item on the...
Definition of next adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the thing that is best, if you cannot have or do the thing you really want: Coaching football is the next best thing to playing. the next thing I knew. used to talk about part of a story that happens in a sudden and surprising way:
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English next1 /nekst/ S1 W1 determiner, adjective 1 the next event, day, time etc is the one that happens after the present one, or the previous one I just missed my flight to Chicago. When’s the next one? We’ll look at the proposals at the next meeting.
