Next
Adjective:
- Immediately following in time or sequence: Refers to the thing or person that comes directly after the current or specified one in order.
- Nearest in space or position: Refers to the thing or person that is closest or immediately adjoining without anything in between.
Adverb:
- Immediately afterwards in time or order: Indicates the action or event that happens directly following the current one.
- On the first subsequent occasion: Used to refer to the first time something happens after the present moment.
Noun:
- The person or thing that comes immediately after: Used to refer to the following person in a line or the subsequent item in a series.
Adjective:
- She will return next week. (Referring to the week immediately following the current one.)
- He lives in the next house. (Referring to the house immediately adjacent.)
- Please turn to the next page. (Referring to the page that follows the current one.)
Adverb:
- What happened next? (Asking about the event that occurred immediately afterwards.)
- I'll see you next time. (Referring to the first subsequent meeting occasion.)
Noun:
- You are next in line. (You are the person immediately following the current one.)
- Next, please!** (A call for the following person to come forward.)
"Next to" (prepositional phrase):
- Adjacent to, beside: She sat next to me. (She sat in the seat immediately beside mine.)
- Almost, virtually: It's next to impossible. (It is almost impossible.)
"As good as the next person" (idiomatic expression): To be as competent or capable as the average person.
- I can cook as good as the next person. (My cooking ability is average or typical.)
"Next of kin" (noun phrase): A person's closest living relative or relatives.
- Please list your next of kin on the form. (List your closest family members.)
Next door (adjective/adverb): In or to the adjacent house or building.
- My next-door neighbor is very friendly. (The person living in the house immediately beside mine.)
Upcoming (adjective): About to happen; forthcoming. (A synonym for 'next' when referring to future events.)
- The upcoming meeting is crucial. (The meeting that will happen soon.)
- Following: Coming after or as a result of.
- Subsequent: Occurring or coming later or after.
- Adjacent: Next to or adjoining something else.
- Succeeding: Coming after something in time; subsequent.
Come next: To follow in sequence.
- After the introduction, the main speaker came next. (The main speaker followed the introduction.)
Get next to (someone) (informal): To become friendly with or gain the favor of someone.
- He's trying to get next to the new manager. (He is trying to become friendly with the new manager.)
Next to nothing: A very small amount; almost nothing.
- I know next to nothing about quantum physics. (I know almost nothing about it.)
The next best thing: The best alternative available when the ideal is not possible.
- If we can't get tickets, watching it on TV is the next best thing. (It's the best available alternative.)
What next?: An expression of surprise or exasperation about what further surprising or annoying thing could happen.
- First the car broke down, and now it's raining. What next? (What other problem will occur?)
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
- our next president
- 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
- immediately following in time or order
- the following day
- next in line
- the next president
- the next item on the list
- at the time or occasion immediately following
- next the doctor examined his back