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next [ nekst ] CORE MEANING: a grammatical word indicating that something follows something else in a series or is immediately beside it
  (adj) He lives next door to me.
(adj) When I returned, my next patient was waiting.
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1. adjective immediately following: following immediately after the present or previous one
(adj) Our next meeting is on April 2nd.
(adv) Are you wondering what to do next?
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2. adjective following this one: used to describe the day, month, or year following this one
The case is scheduled for trial next month.
There is no way of predicting whether this might happen next year or in 300 years.
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3. adjective adjoining: immediately beside or nearest to something
He's in the next room.
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4. adjective closest in degree: closest to something in degree
It's 40 times heavier than the next heaviest quark.
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5. adjective Malaysia second: following the next one
Take the next left turn, not the first.
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| [ Old English nēhsta "most near" < Germanic, "near"] |
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next to
1. adjacent to or beside something or somebody
Come and sit next to me.
2. closest to, in comparison with something else
Cleanliness, he said, was next to godliness.
3. almost, but not completelyused in negative statements
I have spent many days trying to figure out a good alternative, and it's next to impossible.
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the next best thing the option to be preferred if a first choice is not available
For healthier eating the next best thing to chocolate is carob.
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