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English
Alternative forms
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 nächst (“next”), Danish næste (“next”), Swedish näst (“next”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
next (not comparable)
- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.
She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm.
- (obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):A prophet I, Madam; and I speak the truth the next way: […]
1777, Francis Quarles, Emblems Divine and Moral: Together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, page 152, epigram 2:The road to resolution, lies by doubt:
"The next way home's the farthest way about."
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
Please turn to the next page.
On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.
the next chapter; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
The man was driven by his love for money and his desire to become the next Bill Gates.
1945, Yank: the army weekly, volume 4, page 96:" […] You patriotic?" / "I guess so, as much as the next guy," I said, wondering how the hell I could shake him.
- (chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
- next friend
- 1628, Coke, On Littleton (10. a. 10. b. §2), quoted in 1890, John Bethell Uhle, Current Comment and Legal Miscellany, page 250:
- And if a man purchase land in fee simple and die without issue, he which is his next cousin collaterall of the whole blood, how farre so ever he be from him in degree, (de quel pluis long degree qu'il soit), may inherite and have the land ...
1793, William Peere Williams, Samuel Compton Cox, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench : De Term. S. Trin. 1731, page 602:Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...
1874, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, page 23:If it be a property, it is a new species, unknown to the civil law, the common law, and the statute law; there is no medium, it must be, if it goes to her next kin, because it is absolute property in her. There can be no distribution of personal property ...
Usage notes
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
following in a sequence
- Arabic: (indefinite) تَالٍ (tālin), (definite) اَلتَّالِي (at-tālī)
- Egyptian Arabic: الي جي m (elī gay), الي جية f (elī gaya)
- Armenian: հաջորդ (hy) (haǰord)
- Assamese: পিছৰ (pisor), অহা (oha)
- Azerbaijani: növbəti (az)
- Belarusian: насту́пны (nastúpny), бу́дучы (búdučy)
- Bulgarian: сле́дващ (bg) (slédvašt), бъ́дещ (bg) (bǎ́dešt)
- Burmese: နောက် (my) (nauk), ရှေ့ (my) (hre.)
- Catalan: proper (ca), següent (ca)
- Central Sierra Miwok: hojèˀ
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 下一個/下一个 (haa6 jat1 go3), 下一次 (haa6 jat1 ci3)
- Mandarin: 下一個/下一个 (xià yī ge) (with any other measure word), 下 (zh) (xià), 下一次 (xià yī cì)
- Czech: příští (cs), následující (cs), budoucí (cs)
- Danish: næste (da)
- Dutch: volgend (nl)
- Esperanto: venonta
- Estonian: järgmine
- Finnish: seuraava (fi)
- French: prochain (fr), suivant (fr)
- Galician: seguinte (gl)
- German: nächster (de)
- Greek: επόμενος (el) (epómenos)
- Hebrew: בָּא (he) m (ba)
- Hindi: अगला (hi) (aglā)
- Hungarian: következő (hu)
- Icelandic: næstur
- Ido: sequanta (io)
- Interlingua: sequente
- Italian: seguente (it), successivo (it), prossimo (it)
- Japanese: 次の (ja) (つぎの, tsugi no)
- Khmer: បន្ទាប់ (km) (bɑntŏəp)
- Korean: 다음의 (ko) (da'eumui)
- Ladino: sigiente, venidero, vinideru (Monastir, Sarajevo)
- Lao: ຕໍ່ໄປ (tǭ pai), ຫນ້າ (nā)
- Latin: proximus (la), sequens, subsequens
- Macedonian: сле́ден (sléden)
- Maltese: li jmiss
- Maori: panuku
- Norman: perchôin (Guernsey), préchain (Jersey)
- Norwegian: neste (no)
- Pashto: ورپسې (warpëse), بل (ps) (bël)
- Persian: سپس (fa) (sepas), پس از این (pas az in), دیگر (fa) (digar), آینده (fa) (âyande)
- Plautdietsch: näakjst
- Polish: następny (pl), przyszły (pl)
- Portuguese: próximo (pt), seguinte (pt)
- Romanian: următor (ro)
- Russian: сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij), бу́дущий (ru) (búduščij)
- Scottish Gaelic: ath
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: следећи, сљедећи
- Roman: sledeći, sljedeći
- Sinhalese: ඊළඟ (īḷaⁿga)
- Slovak: nasledujúci, budúci, ďalší (sk)
- Slovene: naslednji (sl)
- Spanish: siguiente (es), próximo (es)
- Swedish: nästa (sv)
- Thai: หน้า (th) (nâa)
- Turkish: gelecek (tr), önümüzdeki
- Ukrainian: насту́пний (nastúpnyj), майбу́тній (majbútnij)
- Urdu: اگلا (aglā)
- Vietnamese: sắp tới (vi)
- Yiddish: ווייַטער (vayter), נעקסט (nekst)
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being closer to the present location than all other items
- Armenian: հաջորդ (hy) (haǰord)
- Bashkir: яҡын (yaqın), яҡындағы (yaqındağı), бирге (birge)
- Bulgarian: съседен (bg) (sǎseden), най-близък (naj-blizǎk)
- Catalan: proper (ca), següent (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 隔壁 (zh) (gébì), 比鄰/比邻 (zh) (bǐlín)
- Dutch: naast (nl), dichtst (nl)
- Esperanto: apuda, proksima (eo)
- Finnish: seuraava (fi)
- French: proche (fr)
- German: nächster (de)
- Greek: διπλανός (el) (diplanós)
- Hungarian: (lit. nearest/closest) legközelebbi (hu), (lit. neighboring) szomszédos (hu), (cf. "next-door") szomszéd (hu)
- Interlingua: proxime
- Italian: vicino (it), prossimo (it)
- Japanese: 隣の (ja) (となりの, tonari no)
- Latin: proximus (la)
- Macedonian: соседен (soseden), околен (okolen)
- Norwegian: neste (no), nærmest
- Pashto: ورپسې (warpëse)
- Plautdietsch: näakjst
- Portuguese: perto (pt), próximo (pt)
- Russian: ближа́йший (ru) (bližájšij), сосе́дний (ru) (sosédnij)
- Spanish: próximo (es)
- Swedish: nära (sv), närmast (sv)
- Turkish: yakın (tr)
- Vietnamese: bên (vi)
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nearest date, time, space or order
- Afrikaans: volgende (af)
- Armenian: հաջորդ (hy) (haǰord)
- Azerbaijani: gələn
- Bashkir: киләһе (kiləhe), икенсе (ikense)
- Basque: datorren
- Bulgarian: следващ (bg) (sledvašt)
- Burmese: နောက် (my) (nauk)
- Catalan: proper (ca), següent (ca), que ve, vinent (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 下 (zh) (xià)
- Czech: další (cs), následující (cs)
- Dutch: volgend (nl), aanstaand (nl) (chronology)
- Esperanto: proksima (eo)
- Estonian: järgmine
- Finnish: seuraava (fi)
- French: prochain (fr)
- German: nächster (de)
- Greek: επόμενος (el) (epómenos)
- Hungarian: (lit. nearest/closest) legközelebbi (hu), (of weeks, months, years) jövő (hu), (of minutes, hours, days and other time units) következő (hu)
- Irish: seo chugainn (in reference to time)
- Italian: più vicino, prossimo (it)
- Japanese: 明くる (あくる, akuru)
- Kalmyk: дарук (daruk)
- Khmer: ក្រោយ (km) (kraoy)
- Latin: propior
- Macedonian: следен (sleden)
- Malay: depan
- Ngazidja Comorian: -djao (in reference to time)
- Norwegian: neste (no), følgende (no)
- Pashto: ورپسې (warpëse)
- Persian: آینده (fa) (âyande)
- Plautdietsch: näakjst
- Portuguese: próximo (pt), seguinte (pt)
- Quechua: qhipan
- Russian: сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij), бу́дущий (ru) (búduščij), гряду́щий (ru) (grjadúščij)
- Scottish Gaelic: ath
- Slovene: naslednji (sl)
- Spanish: próximo (es), entrante (es)
- Swedish: nästa (sv)
- Tibetan: རྗེས་མ (rjes ma)
- Turkish: ertesi (tr)
- Vietnamese: tiếp theo (vi)
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Translations to be checked
Determiner
next
- Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
- Next week would be a good time to meet.
- I'll know better next time.
- (of days of the week or months of the year) 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.
- The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.
- When you say next Thursday, do you mean Thursday this week or Thursday next week?
See also
Adverb
next (not comparable)
- In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
- They live in the next closest house.
- It's the next best thing to ice cream.
- (conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
- First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint.
- On the first subsequent occasion.
- Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
- When we next meet, you'll be married.
Antonyms
Translations
In a time, place or sequence closest or following
- Dutch: nabij (nl), bij (nl), vlakbij (nl)
- Esperanto: apude (eo), proksime
- Finnish: seuraavaksi (fi)
- Greek:
- Ancient: εἶτα (eîta)
- Hungarian: legközelebb (hu), (lit. 'second', e.g. in next best) második (hu), (lit. one fewer/more/bigger/smaller/etc) eggyel
- Italian: accanto (it), vicino (it)
- Maori: panuku
- Norwegian: nærmest
- Polish: następnie (pl)
- Portuguese: perto (pt), próximo (pt)
- Russian: вблизи́ (ru) (vblizí), во́зле (ru) (vózle), о́коло (ru) (ókolo), по́дле (ru) (pódle), ря́дом (ru) (rjádom), по сосе́дству (ru) (po sosédstvu)
- Spanish: junto a (es), al lado de (es)
- Swahili: kando (sw)
- Swedish: näst (sv)
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On the first subsequent occasion
- Bulgarian: след това (sled tova)
- Dutch: volgend (nl)
- Esperanto: poste (eo)
- Finnish: ensi kerralla, seuraavalla kerralla, seuraavan kerran
- French: puis (fr), après (fr)
- Galician: seguidamente, deseguido
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἑξῆς (hexês)
- Hungarian: ezután (hu), azután (hu), aztán (hu), utána (hu)
- Icelandic: því næst
- Italian: dopo (it), poi (it)
- Latin: deinde (la)
- Macedonian: потоа (potoa)
- Norwegian: som neste
- Polish: dalej (pl)
- Portuguese: a seguir (pt), seguinte (pt), depois (pt), próximo (pt)
- Russian: зате́м (ru) (zatém), пото́м (ru) (potóm), по́сле (ru) (pósle)
- Spanish: pues (es), después (es)
- Swedish: härnäst (sv)
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Translations to be checked
Preposition
next
- (obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
1660, James Howell, Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: By the Labours, and Lucubrations of James Howell, page 117:D is so dainty a letter, that she admits no other consonant next her but R: […]
1822, The Pamphleteer, page 118:All persons, in walking the streets, whose right sides are next the wall, are intitled to take the wall.
- 1900, The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices, translated by Walter Leaf (London, Macmillan), notes on line 558 of book 2:
- The fact that the line cannot be original is patent from the fact that Aias in the rest of the Iliad is not encamped next the Athenians .
1986, University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies, Bwletin Y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd - Volume 33, page 413:Photographs indicate that the southern terminals of the ditch system next the west gate may be in echelon, whilst those marginal to the east gate may be slightly inturned.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
next (uncountable)
- The one that follows after this one.
- Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
- One moment she was there, the next she wasn't.
- The week after next
- 2007, Steve Cohen, Next Stop Hollywood (St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN):
- There is no time for lunch, hauling myself from one place to the next.
Translations
the one that follows after this one (in languages with a definite article that is generally required in this sense)
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
next m
- A bride price (among Kurds, customarily given to the family of the bride by the family of the groom)
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