Associations to the word «Next»

Wiktionary

NEXT, adjective. Following in a sequence.
NEXT, adjective. Being closer to the present location than all other items.
NEXT, adjective. Nearest following (of date, time, space or order).
NEXT, adjective. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
NEXT, adverb. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.
NEXT, adverb. On the first subsequent occasion,
NEXT, preposition. On the side of; next to.
NEXT, noun. The one that follows after this one.
NEXT DOOR, adverb. In an adjacent place.
NEXT DOOR, adjective. That is in an adjacent place; that is located next door.
NEXT DOOR, preposition. (dialectal) Next door to.
NEXT FRIEND, noun. (legal) One who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who cannot appear sui juris in a suit at law.
NEXT FRIENDS, noun. Plural of next friend
NEXT GENERATION, noun. The succeeding generation.
NEXT GENERATION, noun. The next in line; upgrade.
NEXT GENERATION, adjective. Of or pertaining to any method or technology that is expected or intended to supersede present day techniques.
NEXT GENERATION NETWORKING, noun. (Internet) The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network
NEXT OF KIN, noun. Closest blood relative, heir to inheritance.
NEXT OF KIN, noun. Close friend, spouse, partner (for example on hospital admission form), loved one, one of someone's close ones.
NEXT TO, adverb. (idiomatic) Almost; nearly.
NEXT TO, preposition. Beside; alongside.
NEXT TO, preposition. Immediately following or preceding in a sequence; just subsequent or previous.
NEXT TO, preposition. Compared to.
NEXT TO LAST, adjective. (particularly US) Penultimate, one before the end of a series, placed immediately before the end in a sequence.
NEXT TO NOTHING, pronoun. (idiomatic) Very little.
NEXT UP, noun. That which is next; the next to be up.
NEXT WORLD, noun. Afterlife
NEXT YEAR, adverb. (This entry is here for translation purposes only.)

Dictionary definition

NEXT, adverb. At the time or occasion immediately following; "next the doctor examined his back".
NEXT, adjective. Immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list".
NEXT, adjective. 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".
NEXT, adjective. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president".

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