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Dictionary: next   (nĕkst) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Nearest in space or position; adjacent: the next room.
  2. Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence: next week; the next item on the list.
adv.
  1. In the time, order, or place nearest or immediately following: reading this book next; our next oldest child.
  2. On the first subsequent occasion: when next I write.
n.
The next person or thing: The next will be better.

idiom:

next to

  1. Adjacent to: the car next to hers.
  2. Following in order or degree: Next to skiing, she likes hiking.
  3. Almost; practically: next to impossible.

[Middle English nexte, from Old English nīehsta, nēhst, superlative of nēah, near.]


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adjective

  1. Sharing a common boundary: adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, contiguous. See near/far/distance.
  2. Occurring right after another: coming, following. See precede/follow, time.

adverb

    At a subsequent time: after, afterward, afterwards, later, latterly, subsequently, ulteriorly. Idioms: after a while, by and by, later on. See precede/follow.

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adj

Definition: coming immediately after in space, time, order
Antonyms: earlier, preceding, previous

adv

Definition: immediately after in time, space, order
Antonyms: earlier, preceding, previous, previously


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Immediately following in time or order.

pronunciation Stop searching. Happiness is right next to you. — Unknown, from Zaadz.com

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  • enxt

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - næste
adv. - dernæst, derefter, næste gang
n. - næste brev, næste nummer
prep. - nærmest (ved)
det. - næste

idioms:

  • next door    ved siden af
  • next of kin    slægtning
  • next to    ved siden af
  • next to nothing    næsten ingenting
  • next world    næste verden

Nederlands (Dutch)
volgend, aanstaand, daaropvolgend, naast, daarna, wie volgt?

Français (French)
adj. - suivant, prochain, voisin
adv. - ensuite, après, la prochaine fois, auprès de, à côté de, presque
n. - (le) prochain, (le) suivant
prep. - à côté, auprès de, près de
det. - près de

idioms:

  • next door    d'à côté, les voisins, les gens d'à côté
  • next of kin    parent le plus proche de (qn), la famille
  • next to    presque, voisin de, à côté de, auprès de, quasiment
  • next to nothing    presque rien, pratiquement rien, quasiment rien
  • the next world    l'au-delà

Deutsch (German)
adv. - anschließend
adj. - nächst, folgend
n. - Nächste
prep. - (zu)nächst
det. - nächst(er, e, es)

idioms:

  • next door    nebenan
  • next of kin    nächster Angehöriger
  • next to    neben, nahezu
  • next to nothing    fast gar nichts
  • the next world    Jenseits

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ύστερα, έπειτα, κατόπιν, μετά
adj. - επόμενος, κατοπινός, προσεχής, διπλανός, πλησιέστερος, γειτονικός, πλαϊνός

idioms:

  • next door    διπλανός, γειτονικός, πλάι
  • next of kin    πλησιέστερος συγγενής
  • next to    κοντά σε, σχεδόν
  • next to nothing    σχεδόν τίποτα
  • next world    η μετά θάνατον ζωή

Italiano (Italian)
poi, accanto, prossimo, seguente, dopo

idioms:

  • next door    vicino
  • next of kin    erede
  • next to    accanto a
  • next to nothing    quasi niente
  • next world    oltretomba

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - em seguida
adj. - seguinte, contíguo

idioms:

  • next door    vizinho
  • next of kin    parentes mais próximos
  • next to    quase
  • next to nothing    quase nada
  • next world    outro mundo

Русский (Russian)
затем, соседний, следующий

idioms:

  • next door    по соседству
  • next of kin    близкий родственник
  • next to    почти, по соседству
  • next to nothing    практически ничего
  • next world    тот свет

Español (Spanish)
adj. - próximo, siguiente, vecino, subsiguiente, inmediato, contiguo, sucesivo, futuro, venidero, más próximo
adv. - después, luego, ahora, a continuación, inmediatamente, enseguida
n. - vecino
prep. - junto a, al lado de, inmediato a, tocando a, después de
det. - ahora, al lado

idioms:

  • next door    la casa de al lado
  • next of kin    pariente más cercano
  • next to    al lado de, junto a, cerca de, casi
  • next to nothing    casi nada
  • the next world    el otro mundo, la otra vida, el más allá

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - därefter, sedan, härnäst, alldeles, omedelbart, näst, närmast, bredvid, nästan
adj. - nästa, följande, närmast, näst

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
下一个的, 最近的, 其次的, 接下去, 然后, 次于, 第二, 下次, 下一个, 靠近, 贴近, 居于...之后

idioms:

  • next door    隔壁
  • next of kin    近亲
  • next to    与...相邻, 几乎
  • next to nothing    差不多没有
  • next world    来世, 下辈子

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 下一個的, 最近的, 其次的
adv. - 接下去, 然後, 次於, 第二, 下次
n. - 下一個
prep. - 靠近, 貼近, 居於...之後, 次於
det. - 下一個的, 最近的, 其次的

idioms:

  • next door    隔壁
  • next of kin    近親
  • next to    與...相鄰, 幾乎
  • next to nothing    差不多沒有
  • next world    來世, 下輩子

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 다음의, 가장 가까운
adv. - 다음에
n. - 다음사람의 것, 다음기회
prep. - ~의 다음의
det. - next to

idioms:

  • next to    거의~, ~의 다음에

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 次の, その次の, 一番近い, 隣の, 次位の
adv. - ほとんど, 次に, 隣に, 次に…な
n. - 次の人, 次のもの

idioms:

  • next door    ほとんど…で
  • next of kin    近親者
  • next to    隣の, ほとんど…
  • next to nothing    ごくわずかなもの
  • next world    来世
  • the next minute    するやいなや

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بعد ذلك مباشرة, بجانب (صفه) تال, قادم, آت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הבא, הכי קרוב, שלאחר מכן‬
adv. - ‮במקום הקרוב ביותר, בדרגה הקרובה ביותר, בהזדמנות הראשונה/הקרובה, בפעם הבאה, אחר-כך‬
n. - ‮הדבר או האדם הבא‬
prep. - ‮כמעט‬
det. - ‮הבא, הקרוב‬


 
 
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