next
13 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of NEXT
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coming after this one
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coming after the one that just came, happened, etc.
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the next day [=the day that comes after this day]
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Please turn to the next [=following] page.
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I'll see you next Monday.
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Are you coming this Thursday or next Thursday? [=are you coming on Thursday of this week or Thursday of next week?]
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Next year's party will be even better.
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For the next two years [=two years after this point], she did nothing but eat, sleep, and study.
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the very next thing that happened
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Can I help the next person in line? Who's next?
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We could hear people talking in the next room.
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At the next set of lights, turn left.
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Next stop, Los Angeles.
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I need the next size up.
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The next time we will see each other will be on our wedding day.
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Next time, please remember to bring your books to class.
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in the next life [=in the afterlife; in the life that we may have after death]
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I slipped, and the next thing I knew [=right after that happened], I was lying face up on the ground.
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any other
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He said he's as willing to do it as the next man. [=he's as willing as anyone else would be]
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She knew the answer as well as the next person.
next to
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almost but not quite
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It's next to [=nearly, practically] impossible to drive in this snow.
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You ate next to nothing at dinner. Aren't you hungry?
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We were next to last in line. [=there was one person or group behind us]
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He finished next to last in the race.
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the next to last day of our vacation [=the day immediately before the last day of our vacation]
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next
/ˈnɛkst/
adverb
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next
/ˈnɛkst/
adverb
Britannica Dictionary definition of NEXT
1
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in the time or place that follows or comes directly after someone or something
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after this
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Open this present next.
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There's a small grocery store in town. The next closest store is 20 miles away. [=not including the store in town, the closest store is 20 miles away]
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What happens next?
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Next, I need to ask you a few questions about your family.
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You're up next. [=it's your turn]
2
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at the first time after this
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when we next see each other = when we see each other next = (formal) when next we see each other
next best
next to
1
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at the side of (someone or something)
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I stood right next to [=beside] her.
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The house next to ours is for sale.
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He sat next to his grandmother.
2
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following or coming immediately after (someone or something)
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Next to [=after, besides] math, science was my worst subject in school.
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It's the most important news story next to the war.
3
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in comparison with (someone or something)
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Next to you, I'm wealthy.
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next
/ˈnɛkst/
pronoun
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next
/ˈnɛkst/
pronoun
Britannica Dictionary definition of NEXT
:
a person or thing that immediately follows another person or thing
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someone or something that is next
— usually used with the
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Her first novel was good, but I hope her next will be even better.
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We'll meet the week after next. [=we will meet on a day that is in the week after next week; we'll meet in about two weeks]
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We went from one store to the next looking for the new CD.
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She finished one project and began working on the next.
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Who will be the next to leave the company?
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All she does from one day to the next is complain. [=she complains all the time]
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I was the next to last person [=not the last person, but the person before the last person] in line.
next of kin
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the person or people most closely related to you
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your closest living relative or relatives (such as your husband, wife, child, parent, sister, or brother)
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We notified his next of kin of his death.
