next
IPA: nˈɛkst
noun
- The one that follows after this one.
adjective
- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- (obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- (chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
adverb
- In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
- (conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
- On the first subsequent occasion.
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Examples of "next" in Sentences
- The next section invokes the following.
- I yawned and the boy next to me followed.
- The next pass after the rebound is the outlet pass.
- After him, the next few generations had fallen into penury.
- Birds were the next species after humans to reach sapience.
- The refutation of that argument follows in the next paragraph.
- Following a cadence, the singer moves up to the next range of pitches.
- Next to the central object, as the lateral teeth on the lingual membrane.
- Follow some of the references in the section before complaining next time.
- The tapes lay there over the weekend, unnoticed until later in the next week.
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