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"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat
the rest. --Dryden.
Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
--Bunyan.
2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
in order.
None could tell whose turn should be the next.
--Gay.
4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
the next heir was an infant.
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20.
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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Next : \Next\, adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
suceeding; as, this man follows next.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Nigh \Nigh\, a. [Compar. Nigher; superl. Nighest, or
Next.] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne['a]h, n?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?hw, n?hwa, adv.,
nigh. Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.]
1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
closely allied; intimate. ``Nigh kinsmen.'' --Knolles.
Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
--Eph. ii. 13.
Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Next : NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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