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UK/nɛkst/ US/ˈnɛks/ very common
adjective (3) adverb (1)

adjective

1.

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”
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2.

(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

  • “our next president”
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3.

immediately following in time or order

  • “the following day”
  • “next in line”
  • “the next president”
  • “the next item on the list”
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adverb

1.

at the time or occasion immediately following

  • “next the doctor examined his back”

Origin

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).

Phrases

  • this coming

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