From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
next
adj 1: 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" [syn: adjacent, {side by
side(p)}]
2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: {future(a)}, {succeeding(a)}]
3: immediately following in time or order; "the following day";
"next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on
the list" [syn: following]
adv : at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the
doctor examined his back"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Next \Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. n[=e]hst,
ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See Nigh.]
1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
--Chaucer.
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Her princely guest
Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden.
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Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
--Bunyan.
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2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
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3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
in order.
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None could tell whose turn should be the next.
--Gay.
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4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
the next heir was an infant.
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The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20.
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Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to
is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered
by many grammarians as a preposition.
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Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married
woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a
suit at law.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Next \Next\, adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
succeeding; as, this man follows next.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. Nigher (n[imac]"[~e]r);
superl. Nighest, or Next (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh,
neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h,
a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in
comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. Near,
Neighbor, Next.]
1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
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The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
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2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles.
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Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
--Eph. ii. 13.
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Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
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