English Explanatory Dictionary

next

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
  2. Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
  3. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
  4. Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
det
  1. Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
  2. Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
adv
  1. In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
  2. So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
  3. On the first subsequent occasion.
prep
  1. On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
noun
  1. The one that follows after this one.
  2. Next match

Pronunciation

nĕkst /nɛkst/ en-us-next.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-next.wav

Word forms

next neest neist nex nex'

Etymology

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next to”), German nächster (“next”), Yiddish נעקסט (nekst, “next”), Danish næste (“next”), Elfdalian nest (“by, near”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk neste (“next”), Swedish näst, nästa (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”). Compare typologically Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).

Synonyms

subsequent

Antonyms

previous previously

Related words

last this this coming week

Derived words

as modern as next week as the next girl as the next guy as the next person a week from next Tuesday better luck next time boy-next-door boy next door cleanliness is next to godliness Cley next the Sea one day to the next girl next door girl-next-door knock someone into the middle of next week modern as next week next big thing nextborn next-day next-door next door next-gen next generation next-generation next generation networking nexting nextish next-level next level next life nextly nextness next next next sleep next store next thing one knows next time next-to-last next to last next tomorrow next to nothing next to no time next up next week next world next year you next Thursday you next Tuesday take it to the next level take to the next level the next best thing the next day until next time Wells-next-the-Sea whatever next what next what's next

Translations

Albanian: pastaj Albanian: mas anej (gheg) Dutch: nabij Dutch: bij Dutch: vlakbij Esperanto: apude Esperanto: proksime Finnish: seuraavaksi Ancient Greek: εἶτα Hungarian: legközelebb Hungarian: második Hungarian: eggyel Italian: accanto Italian: vicino Māori: panuku Norwegian: nærmest Polish: następnie Portuguese: perto Portuguese: próximo Russian: вблизи́ Russian: во́зле Russian: о́коло Russian: по́дле Russian: ря́дом Russian: по сосе́дству Spanish: junto a Spanish: al lado de Spanish: a continuación Swahili: kando Swedish: näst
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