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Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
next/nekst/
▶adjective
- 1 coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
■ (of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
■ (of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time.
- 2 coming immediately after the present one in space, order, or rank.
■ following in the specified order.
▶noun the next person or thing. ▶preposition archaic next to.– phrases
next to
next to
- 1 beside.
- 2 following in order or importance.
- 3 almost.
- 4 in comparison with.
– origin OE nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’.
'next' also found in these Oxford entries:
abut
- accumulator
- adjacent
- adjoin
- after
- alderman
- alongside
- appoggiatura
- appose
- apposition
- assimilate
- ball
- beachside
- bed and breakfast
- beside
- blue ensign
- boyar
- breathing space
- bring
- bye
- cascade
- cast
- clause
- cloud
- contiguous
- day
- deictic
- determine
- dispatch box
- distant signal
- Dutch oven
- edge
- equitant
- ex dividend
- F
- following
- food chain
- forefinger
- G
- garboard
- gentry
- H
- hand
- heel
- herringbone
- I
- inclusive fitness
- induction
- inner
- internal rhyme
