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As an adjective meaning 'immediately following', next normally precedes the noun it is governing (next time / the next three), but in denoting time it can follow the noun (on Friday next / in July next). Care needs to be taken in referring to a future day of the week, since usage differs. Generally, next Friday means the coming Friday of the same week, but if this is being said on a Thursday it might mean the Friday of the following week, since the immediately following Friday would then be referred to as tomorrow. In Scotland and parts of northern England, next Friday always means the Friday of the coming week, and to denote Friday of the same week this Friday would be used. If there is likely to be any doubt, it is better to be specific in some way, e.g. by adding the date or by saying, for example, Friday of this week or Friday week as appropriate.

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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.

Idioms beginning with next:
next door to

See also cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

IN BRIEF: Immediately following in time or order.

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as in: coming right after
sign description: One hand starts behind and jumps over the opposite hand.

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adjective
adjective, US

to get (or be) next (to or on) To get acquainted with; to find out about, to understand. Also to put next (to) to acquaint (someone) (with). (1896 —) .
Black World If he can't get next to what we're about, we'll just have to school him (1973).

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For a list of words related to next, see:

• Prepositions
• Relative Positions - next: (adj) immediately before or following; nearest

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See words rhyming with "next."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Next.

Common misspelling(s) of next

• enxt

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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