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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immediately following in time or order
Example:
the next item on the list
Synonyms:
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Similar:
succeeding (coming after or following)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment
Example:
on Tuesday next
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succeeding (coming after or following)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Example:
our rooms were side by side
Synonyms:
adjacent; next; side by side
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Adjectives
Similar:
close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
Example:
our next president
Synonyms:
future; next; succeeding
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Adjectives
Similar:
incoming (arriving at a place or position)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At the time or occasion immediately following
Example:
next the doctor examined his back
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Context examples:
"Anne, Anne," cried Charles, "What is to be done next? What, in heaven's name, is to be done next?"
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Now, with the planets much closer to the star, their low-density atmospheres should evaporate into space over the next few billion years.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
The next thing she came to was a little house, and there she saw an old woman looking out, with such large teeth, that she was terrified, and turned to run away.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
That day and that night we had nothing to eat, and all next day we travelled fast, and we were weak with hunger.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“Well, Watson, what do you think of it?” asked Holmes, as we travelled back next morning.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sure enough sleep must soon have come to me, for I remember no more. Jonathan coming in had not waked me, for he lay by my side when next I remember.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Who feeds you?” was his next question.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Having no success, she goes again next morning, and her husband meets her, as he has told us, as she comes out.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And now let us hear a true account of the next act.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The next day and the next, days without end, witnessed the afternoon fight.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
