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   /nɛkst/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking: "we'll go to Corfu next year" Similar followingsucceedingto comeupcomingOpposite previouspreceding
   • ▪ (of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present: "not this Wednesday, next Wednesday" Similar followingsucceedingto comeupcomingOpposite previouspreceding
   • ▪ (of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening: "campaigning for the next election" Similar followingsucceedingto comeupcomingOpposite previouspreceding
   • 2. coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space: "the woman in the next room" Similar followingsucceedingto comeupcomingneighbouringadjacentadjoiningnext-doorborderingabuttingcontiguousconnectedconnectingattachedclosestnearestproximateOpposite previouspreceding

   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"

   Word Origin Old Englishnēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • T

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