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next

[ nekst ]

adjective

  1. immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.:

    the next day;

    the next person in line.

  2. nearest or adjacent in place or position:

    the next room.

  3. nearest in relationship or kinship.


adverb

  1. in the place, time, importance, etc., nearest or immediately following:

    We're going to London next.

    This is my next oldest daughter.

  2. on the first occasion to follow:

    when next we meet.

preposition

  1. adjacent to; nearest:

    It's in the closet next the blackboard.

next

/ 苍蓻办蝉迟 /

adjective

  1. immediately following

    the next patient to be examined

    do it next week

  2. immediately adjoining

    the next room

  3. closest to in degree

    the next-best thing

    the tallest boy next to James

  4. the next but one
    the one after the next
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. at a time or on an occasion immediately to follow

    next, he started to unscrew the telephone receiver

    the patient to be examined next

  2. next to
    1. adjacent to; at or on one side of

      the house next to ours

    2. following in degree

      next to your mother, who do you love most?

    3. almost

      next to impossible

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

preposition

  1. archaic.
    next to
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of next1

First recorded before 900; Middle English next(e), Old English n膿xt, 苍脓丑蝉迟, niehst 鈥渘ighest,鈥 superlative of 苍脓补丑 nigh ( -est 1 ); cognate with Icelandic 苍牵蝉迟谤, German 苍盲肠丑蝉迟; near
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of next1

Old English 苍脓丑蝉迟, superlative of 苍脓补丑 nigh ; compare near , neighbour
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
  2. next door to,
    1. in an adjacent house, apartment, office, etc.; neighboring.
    2. in a position of proximity; near to:

      They are next door to poverty.

  3. next to,
    1. adjacent to:

      He sat next to his sister.

    2. almost; nearly:

      next to impossible.

    3. aside from:

      Next to cake, ice cream is my favorite dessert.

More idioms and phrases containing next

  • cleanliness is next to godliness
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Example Sentences

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When she makes her speech next week, will that time have come?

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They also had a goal disallowed after Merino headed in Declan Rice's free-kick in the second half, and those chances show that Arsenal could grab the goal they need next week to level the tie.

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An early edition of the next day鈥檚 New York Times arrived on newsstands with a big headline at the top of the front page that said 鈥100,000 Rally at U.N. Against Vietnam War.鈥

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Despite that setback, the 22-year-old from China, who had compiled a century in the 10th frame, took the next took with runs of 61 and 52.

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鈥淒avid coined this phrase, 鈥榥ormalizing the marginalized,鈥欌 Jessica explains when we chat on a video call in April, sitting next to David in their Southern California home.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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