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next1 determiner, adjectivenext2 adverbnext3 pronoun
nextnext1 /nekst/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, adjective Thesaurus
THESAURUS
happening or coming immediately after another one: · When does the next train to London leave?· I’ll see you next Saturday.
happening or coming immediately after something – used about periods of time, or parts of a piece of writing: · We met the following day.· The following weeks passed quickly.· the following pages of the book
formal happening or coming at some time after something else: · the subsequent success of the film· This will be explained in more detail in subsequent chapters.· This figure is expected to rise steeply in subsequent years.
coming after someone or something else – used about a series of groups of people, periods of time, or parts of a book: · succeeding generations· Succeeding governments have made the same mistake.· During the succeeding weeks he wrote several more letters.
happening soon: · The information will be mailed to members during the coming weeks.· The villagers are storing up wood for the coming winter.
Longman Language Activatorcoming after someone or something else
the next person, thing, or time comes just after the one you have just been talking about, or just after the most recent one: · Who was the next president of the United States after Ronald Reagan? · When's the next flight to Miami?the next day/week/month/year: · I finished my classes on the 5th, and the next day I went home to Cleveland.next Thursday/week/August etc (=the one after this Thursday, this week, this August etc): · Next week I'm going on a training course in Seaford.
: the day after/the Saturday after/the week after etc the day etc that comes after the time or event that you are talking about: · Helen arrived on July 20th and I arrived the week after.· The party's not this Thursday but the Thursday after.· The weather changed the morning after we arrived.· I felt rather tired the day after the party.the one after (=the next one): · If we miss the ten o'clock train we'll just have to catch the one after.
: the following day/month/year etc the next day, month etc -- use this when you are describing something that happened in the past: · The following day she woke up with a splitting headache.· They agreed to meet the following week in the Cafe Rouge.
happening some time later , not immediately afterwards: a later date/time/stage etc: · We can sort out the final details at a later stage.in later years/months/centuries etc: · In later centuries Venice lost its former importance and began to go into decline.
formal coming after something you have just mentioned - used especially before plural nouns: · These skills were then handed down to subsequent generations of craftsmen.· Many of Marx's theories were disproved by subsequent events.· The first meeting will be in the City Hall, but all subsequent meetings will be held in the school.
: succeeding weeks/months/years/generations etc in every week, month, year etc that comes after something : · The government started to borrow money in 1961, and the national debt has steadily increased with each succeeding year.· The effects of exposure to atomic radiation at Hiroshima have been passed on to succeeding generations.
formal: the ensuing battle/fight/confusion/panic/days/months etc the battle etc that happens immediately after the events or period of time that you have just mentioned: · Someone shouted 'Fire!' and in the ensuing panic several people were injured.· They met each other several times over the ensuing six months.
: follow-up meeting/visit/interview/treatment etc something that is done after something else in order to check it or make sure that it is successful: · Once you have installed solar heating you will receive regular follow-up visits from our experts.· After each training programme everyone has a follow-up interview with their manager.
: future generations/years/events/work/employees etc the people, years etc that will come in the future: · It is our duty to preserve our culture for future generations.· In future years some of you will regret the decision you have made today.· The company is building apartment buildings for future employees.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 We’re hoping to open the factory sometime next year.
(=on or during the following day, week etc) She called me and we arranged to meet the next day.
 Next time I go skiing, I’ll wear warmer clothes.
 Do they have the next size up (=a slightly bigger size)?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 I’m going to Cuba next April.
 I was there last August.
· The boats were built in the last century.
· This theme will be developed in the next chapter.
(=the day after something happened in the past)· The story was in the newspaper the following day.
 Last December they visited Prague.
(=happening on the next day)· You have to pay extra for next-day delivery.
 Mum died last February.
 The office has been closed for the last few days.
(=Friday of next week) Her appointment is next Friday.
· People want to pass on money to the next generation when they die.
· Traditional customs are passed from one generation to the next.
 I haven’t heard from him since last January.
 Laura came over to England last July.
 I finished school last June.
(=last except for one other) the second to last paragraph
 The woman next in line began to mutter to herself.
 He must be first in line for the editor’s job.
 A rather odd family came to live next door to us.
 She started work here last March.
 She started work here last May.
(=Monday of next week) Shall we meet next Monday?
· The movie will be released next month.
· His meeting was not until the next morning.
(=the next thing someone does)· What should happen next? What’s our next move?
 Our next-door neighbours (=the people who live in the house next to us) say they’ll look after our cat for us while we’re away.
 He started work here last November.
 We moved in last October.
· I glanced back to the previous page.· What’s on the next page?
 Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in).
(=Saturday of next week) Ask her yourself next Saturday.
 I haven’t heard from him since last September.
 Put it back on the top shelf.
 You have two hours to complete the test, starting now.
· He met in Washington with his campaign advisers to plan his next step.
· He visited Brittany last summer.
(=Sunday of next week) We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.
 He is next in line to the throne (=will become king when the present ruler dies).
(=Thursday of next week) I’ll see you next Thursday.
(=Tuesday of next week) Shall we meet next Tuesday?
(=Wednesday of next week) I can let you know next Wednesday.
· The wedding is next week.
· I’m going to Palm Springs next weekend.
 ‘Did you know she’s dyed her hair orange?’ ‘Whatever next?’
· I might go to law school next year.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • After a while, everybody will have the technology to make a movie look as cool as the next person.
  • All you need to know about Flaubert to know as much as the next person!
  • Now Glover himself was as female as the next man, keeping an eagle eye on boys.
  • She figured the guys could see for themselves then that he could be as vulnerable as the next man.
► next biggest/most common etc
  • He can't ask them, so he is doing the next best thing.
  • I guess they figured calling their game Arnie was the next best thing to having a blockbusting movie title.
  • It is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself.
  • The new switch is the next best thing we could do to moving.
  • The room is the next best thing to being outside.
  • Video may seem like the next best thing to being there, but electronically mediated interactions are different from real-life meetings.
  • We do, however, have the next best thing: a place to go for more information.
  • We went to the bookshelves to find the next best thing.
  • And the next thing I knew, I was here.
  • But the next thing she knew she was crying.
  • He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent.
  • I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, some one was waking me.
  • I had hardly dated, and the next thing I knew I was getting married.
  • I must have fallen asleep, for the next thing I knew I was woken by the ringing of the telephone.
  • I started to run and the next thing I knew I was lying on the kitchen table.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • If I can't be home for Christmas, this is the next best thing.
  • He can't ask them, so he is doing the next best thing.
  • I guess they figured calling their game Arnie was the next best thing to having a blockbusting movie title.
  • It is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself.
  • The new switch is the next best thing we could do to moving.
  • The room is the next best thing to being outside.
  • Video may seem like the next best thing to being there, but electronically mediated interactions are different from real-life meetings.
  • We do, however, have the next best thing: a place to go for more information.
  • We went to the bookshelves to find the next best thing.
► the last but one/the next but two etc► come July/next year/the next day etc
  • The college need to know your next of kin in case something happens to you.
  • The police will not release the dead man's name until his next of kin have been informed.
  • All that will be sorted out by the social workers who are trying to find his next of kin.
  • He would want to write a letter to Stephen's next of kin, if such a person existed.
  • His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
  • If there is no Will, the next of kin should decide.
  • In cases like that it's the next of kin they want.
  • Instructions for my next of kin and executors upon my death.
  • Urgent plans were being made at the London office to fly next of kin to Katmandu tomorrow.
  • We only give out names if we know that relatives and next of kin have been informed.
  • For Tutankhamun was buried with everything he might need in the next life.
  • Perhaps only in the next life.
  • When friends parted, they exchanged loans of money to be returned in the next life.
► be first/second/next etc in line to the throne
  • Ah well, better luck next time, Andy.
  • And if you didn't win, better luck next time.
  • Back to the West Indies with it, and better luck next time.
  • But the next minute there were shrieks.
  • For the next minute Diana and the old soldier stood laughing delightedly together.
  • One minute he could be smiling and joking, the next minute he could be exploding.
  • One moment he was against lawsuits, the next minute his team filed one.
  • Then the next minute he's swearing.
► one minute ... the next (minute) ...► one moment ... the next/from one moment to the next
  • Could some one tell my next-door neighbour, Mrs Timms?
  • For the past year, she has suffered from incontinence, but her kind next-door neighbour has done regular washing for her.
  • He could be the next-door neighbour, a friend, a blood relation.
  • Her next-door neighbour, Philippa, was sitting on the draining-board kicking her legs up and down.
  • I haven't had any trouble with him personally, but my next-door neighbour has.
  • It's a compliment, by the way: Philippa is my next-door neighbour and startlingly beautiful.
  • Next time you chat with your next-door neighbour, you are relieved to find that you don't fancy him.
► next-door apartment/office etc► next door to something
  • I learned next to nothing at school - the teachers were awful.
  • It costs next to nothing to go to an afternoon movie.
  • My parents know next to nothing about the men I date.
  • Phil earns next to nothing.
  • The company's profits climbed from next to nothing to $6 million in just two years.
  • A drive down Highway 880, past the Coliseum complex, reveals next to nothing new.
  • For he was obliged now to concentrate on what he was doing, even if it was next to nothing.
  • I know next to nothing about Belinda, but I must ask him how she died.
  • It was nuts-and-bolts work, with a salary next to nothing, but he was prepared to bear the sacrifices.
  • Its high rise flats are steeped in monotonous poverty: families survive on next to nothing, heroin is a hard currency.
  • We know next to nothing about philosophy thanks to television, but lots about the nocturnal habits of cute animals.
  • As a waterproof it was next to useless.
  • But counting the dead is next to impossible.
  • But he quickly learned that at his age it was next to impossible to find a professional job in San Francisco.
  • Buying such a processor for less than $ 400 is next to impossible.
  • Further, genuine educational change in these settings is next to impossible given the logistical difficulty of just getting the staff together.
  • In the early months, this restraint was next to impossible for them to achieve.
► in no time (at all)/in next to no time
1the next event, day, time etc is the one that happens after the present one, or the previous one:  I just missed my flight to Chicago. When’s the next one? We’ll look at the proposals at the next meeting. Over the next couple of months, try to relax more and get more exercise.next week/year/Monday etc We’re hoping to open the factory sometime next year.the next day/week etc (=on or during the following day, week etc) She called me and we arranged to meet the next day.(the) next time Next time I go skiing, I’ll wear warmer clothes.2the next house, room, place etc is the one that is nearest to where you are now:  Turn left at the next corner. We could hear them arguing in the next room. → next to3the next person or thing in a list, series etc comes after the one that you are dealing with now:  Read the next two chapters before Friday. Do they have the next size up (=a slightly bigger size)?4next biggest/most common etc almost as big, more common etc than the one you are talking about:  Cancer-related diseases are the next biggest killers.5the next best thing the thing or situation that is almost as good as the one you really want:  If I can’t be home for Christmas, phoning you on the day is the next best thing.6the next thing I/she etc knew informal used when something surprising happens very suddenly:  The next thing I knew, I was lying face down on the pavement.7as the next man/person as any other man or person:  I am as keen to do well as the next man.THESAURUSnext happening or coming immediately after another one: · When does the next train to London leave?· I’ll see you next Saturday.following happening or coming immediately after something – used about periods of time, or parts of a piece of writing: · We met the following day.· The following weeks passed quickly.· the following pages of the booksubsequent formal happening or coming at some time after something else: · the subsequent success of the film· This will be explained in more detail in subsequent chapters.· This figure is expected to rise steeply in subsequent years.succeeding coming after someone or something else – used about a series of groups of people, periods of time, or parts of a book: · succeeding generations· Succeeding governments have made the same mistake.· During the succeeding weeks he wrote several more letters.coming happening soon: · The information will be mailed to members during the coming weeks.· The villagers are storing up wood for the coming winter.
next1 determiner, adjectivenext2 adverbnext3 pronoun
nextnext2 ●●● S1 W1 adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Can you remember what happened next?
  • Everyone started fighting and someone threw a bottle. I forget what happened next.
  • First you need to select the text you want to move. Next, click on the "Move" command at the top of the screen.
  • First, chop up two large onions. Next, fry them until they are golden brown.
  • Heat the chocolate until it melts. Next, pour it into the molds and leave to cool.
  • What do I do next?
  • Which of the candidates shall we interview next?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A building next to the lab was being demolished.
  • A few seconds later, Erma Bombeck gave up her first class seat and slid into the coach seat next to me.
  • Danang was pushed next to the sea and all the land around it had been stripped of trees.
  • Her brightening of mood seems largely inspired by the light bulb she has been standing next to.
  • I smiled at them and one came over and sat next to me and asked me who my favourite Spice Girl was.
  • Note: click the arrow, next to the corresponding level of course, for more information.
  • Retribution spawns revenge and the president is up next.
  • Such children are likely to be more comfortable right next to their teacher than joining in the unstructured games of childhood.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorafter a particular time or event
after something happens or after someone does something: · We went for a walk after lunch.· Gingrich won election to the House in 1978, after Flynt retired.· What did you do after leaving school?an hour/two days/a year etc after: · My father died two days after I was born.soon after/not long after: · He joined the army in 1914, and soon after was promoted to the rank of captain.right afteralso straight after British (=immediately after): · Paul rushed home right after school.just after: · My sister and her husband moved west just after their wedding.after that: · The Pirates jumped to a 22-2 lead, and Georgetown never got closer than 16 points after that.· It was terrible: first the gearbox seized and after that the radiator burst.
also afterward American after an event or a time that you have just mentioned: · The operation was rather painful, but I felt a lot better afterwards.· Afterward, Nick said he'd never been so nervous in his life.two years/three months etc afterwards: · A couple of years afterwards I bumped into her in a supermarket.soon/shortly afterwards: · His wife fell ill in June and died soon afterwards.
after something happens or after someone does something -- use this when you are describing a series of events in the order they happened: · Can you remember what happened next?· First, chop up two large onions. Next, fry them until they are golden brown.
some time after now or after the time you are talking about: · I'll tell you about it later when I'm not so busy.· Ronald Reagan joined the Republican Party in 1962 and later became Governor of California.three months/two years/ten days etc later: · A couple of days later I saw her in a downtown bar.later on: · The first part of the film is really boring but it gets better later on.much later (=a long time later): · I found out much later that some of the children I taught had become teachers themselves.later that day/month/year etc: · Later that month we got another letter from them asking for more money.
after you have done something -- use this when you are describing a series of things you did, or when you are giving instructions: · First we played tennis, and then we went swimming.· Add a cup of sugar. Then beat in three eggs.
formal after an event was finished in the past: · The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages.· The six men were subsequently acquitted of all charges, but only after they had served 17 years in prison.
after someone or something in a list, series, line of people etc
· My name is after yours on the list.· You'll find a reference number after each item in the catalogue.· There were several people after me who didn't manage to get into the game.
the next person or thing is the one that comes just after the present one: · Could you ask the next patient to come in, please?· Look at the diagram on the next page.· Turn left at the next traffic light.
in a part of a book, speech that comes later: · This topic will be discussed more fully in a later chapter.
to be the next person or thing after another in a list, series etc
· My name should be after yours if the list is alphabetical.· In British and American addresses, the name of the town always comes after the name of the street.· The first line of the poem is 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'. What comes after that?
to be the next person or thing in a list, series, line of people etc: · This book's called 'The Third Dimension'. Which book comes next in the series?· The nurse came out of her office and called out, 'Who's next?'next comes something spoken: · The first three sections of the course are just an introduction. Next comes the difficult bit.
to come after something in a book, series, or list: · Taylor explains his theory in the pages that follow.be followed by something: · In English the letter Q is always followed by a U.· Each chapter is followed by a set of exercises.
a small amount of money
· Most people will give a little to charity if they are asked.a little money/cash · I have a little cash with me, but not enough to pay for both of us.a little extra · He earns a little extra by working on weekends.a little over/under (=a little more or less than an amount of money) · The car costs a little over $20,000.a little more/less · A private room costs a little more, but it's worth it.
there is only a small amount of money, especially when you expect or need more: · After paying rent he doesn't have much left to buy food and pay bills.not much money/cash: · Pete didn't get much money when he sold his car.not very much: · I don't think he earns very much working at the bank.
a very small amount of money, so that there is not enough to have an effect: · He spends very little on food.· Considering they work so hard they're paid very little.very little money/cash: · When Maria lost her job she had very little money in savings.
if the amount that something costs is next to nothing , it is extremely cheap: · It costs next to nothing to go to an afternoon movie.· The company's profits climbed from next to nothing to $6 million in just two years.
a nominal sum, charge, or payment is very small, because what is important is that something is paid, even if it is much less than would usually be paid: · We are allowed to use the tennis courts for a nominal fee.a nominal £1/$5 etc: · Tickets for the concert are a nominal $3 for students.
an amount of money that is negligible is so small that it has no effect or is so small that it is not worth worrying about: · The cost of maintaining the machine is negligible.· Expenses for maintaining the investment fund are negligible - just half a percentage point of profit.
British /a drop in the bucket American informal an amount is a drop in the ocean or a drop in the bucket when it seems very small compared with what is really needed: · The United States pledge of $100 million to the rainforest fund is a drop in the ocean.· Third World debt is so massive that recent pledges to reduce it are just a drop in the bucket.
a very small amount of something such as a feeling, quality etc
a very small amount, so that there is not enough to have an effect, be useful, important etc: · "How much do you know about computers?" "Very little, I'm afraid."very little trouble/patience/help etc: · I had very little energy left.· Changing the law will make very little difference.· It makes very little sense for companies to maintain large inventories these days.
such a small amount that you can hardly notice it: almost no trouble/patience/help etc: · Scientists have paid almost no attention to the new theory.· She supports the bill although she admits it has almost no chance of being passed.· The birth control campaign was begun 10 years ago but has had almost no impact in the rural areas.almost none: · "What progress have you made on your research project?" "Almost none."
also scarcely any especially British almost none at all: · She said she felt a lot of regret about leaving, but I felt hardly any at all.hardly any trouble/patience/help etc: · They closed down the whole department with barely any notice to the staff.· Mark is so lazy, he makes scarcely any effort to improve his work.
a very small amount of something, that you almost do not notice: · "Are you ready yet?" asked Hazel, with a touch of irritation in her voice.· For the first time a hint of tension had crept into their relationship.· After speaking to her for awhile, he began to detect a trace of a Southern accent.
formal a small amount, especially when you expect more: little trouble/patience/help etc: · Little progress was made during the negotiations.· The report offers little hope that the economy will improve any time soon.· There seems to be little chance of him coming home for Christmas.
a minimal amount of something is the smallest that is possible, so that it is not worth thinking or worrying about: · The new operating technique involves minimal risk to patients.· The impact of the sale on current employees should be minimal.· The crew had very little experience and were given minimal safety training.
a negligible amount of something is so small that it has almost no effect at all: · The damage done to his property was negligible.· Economists say raising the minimum wage would have a negligible effect on employment rates.· The chances of a healthy adult contracting the disease are negligible.
if you know, learn, say, hear etc next to nothing about something, then you know, learn etc very little about it: · I learned next to nothing at school - the teachers were awful.· My parents know next to nothing about the men I date.
ways of saying that one thing happens after another
· We scraped all the old paint off the bike and then repainted it bright red.· Fry the onions gently, and then add the meat and cook for a few minutes.· First you need to collect all the information and make detailed notes. Then you can start to actually write your essay.
immediately after something - use this especially when the order in which things happen is important: · Everyone started fighting and someone threw a bottle. I forget what happened next.· Which of the candidates shall we interview next?· First you need to select the text you want to move. Next, click on the "Move" command at the top of the screen.
after something happens: · England had a man sent off in the first half, and after that the England team never really looked as though they could win the game.· The exhaust pipe fell off the car just as we were leaving, and after that it was just one disaster after another!
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 I’m going to Cuba next April.
 I was there last August.
· The boats were built in the last century.
· This theme will be developed in the next chapter.
(=the day after something happened in the past)· The story was in the newspaper the following day.
 Last December they visited Prague.
(=happening on the next day)· You have to pay extra for next-day delivery.
 Mum died last February.
 The office has been closed for the last few days.
(=Friday of next week) Her appointment is next Friday.
· People want to pass on money to the next generation when they die.
· Traditional customs are passed from one generation to the next.
 I haven’t heard from him since last January.
 Laura came over to England last July.
 I finished school last June.
(=last except for one other) the second to last paragraph
 The woman next in line began to mutter to herself.
 He must be first in line for the editor’s job.
 A rather odd family came to live next door to us.
 She started work here last March.
 She started work here last May.
(=Monday of next week) Shall we meet next Monday?
· The movie will be released next month.
· His meeting was not until the next morning.
(=the next thing someone does)· What should happen next? What’s our next move?
 Our next-door neighbours (=the people who live in the house next to us) say they’ll look after our cat for us while we’re away.
 He started work here last November.
 We moved in last October.
· I glanced back to the previous page.· What’s on the next page?
 Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in).
(=Saturday of next week) Ask her yourself next Saturday.
 I haven’t heard from him since last September.
 Put it back on the top shelf.
 You have two hours to complete the test, starting now.
· He met in Washington with his campaign advisers to plan his next step.
· He visited Brittany last summer.
(=Sunday of next week) We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.
 He is next in line to the throne (=will become king when the present ruler dies).
(=Thursday of next week) I’ll see you next Thursday.
(=Tuesday of next week) Shall we meet next Tuesday?
(=Wednesday of next week) I can let you know next Wednesday.
· The wedding is next week.
· I’m going to Palm Springs next weekend.
 ‘Did you know she’s dyed her hair orange?’ ‘Whatever next?’
· I might go to law school next year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Meanwhile the audience contemplates his grand opus, wondering what comes next.· Even as I thanked her for her help, I foresaw, with despair, what was going to come next.· He urged me when I next came to Moscow to see him in the role of Handel at MKhAT.· When the Open next came to the Old Course, in 1970, and Nicklaus won, they showed respect and admiration.· When Bowman next came on watch it had vanished completely.· Trapani, on Sicily's western tip, comes next with 982 members.· Of course Polly knew what was coming next.
· They stood staring at each other, neither of them really knowing what to say or do next.· I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.· On the other hand, there was the question of what to do next, regarding Rakhat.· So what will he do next?· But what should Mike Reid do next?· What are you going to do next?· These shortcomings are most frustrating when it comes to the vital question of what to do next.· Joo-Han did not know quite what to do next, whether to plead with him or just leave.
· What made her story so remarkable is what happened next.· What happened next is colored by the tendency already mentioned for revivalists to paint the immediate past in darkest hues.· What happened next shows his underworld influence.· Propriety prevents a description of what happened next.· This does not mean that you go back to being passive and just being resigned to whatever happens next.· I sometimes nudge Miles and Evan to join me in wondering what 47 will happen next in a story.· What happened next remains a blur.· I wanted to see what would happen next.
· This struck me this afternoon, lying next to her, I looked her full in the face and stroked her hair.· He lay next to me stiff as wood.· The pencil lying next to the books acts as the fulcrum, or rotation point.· He needs me to lie next to him.· I would wake up first and lie next to her listening to her breathing.· I feel sick thinking of my baby lying next to, gaining comfort from, the artificial dead.· Analogous colors are those that lie next to one another on the wheel.
· Inside was rather lengthy letter from a nudist who lives next to Bonaventure cemetery.
· Its policy makers next meet Feb. 1.· Its policy makers next meet on Jan. 30 and 31.· Central bank policy-makers next meet to consider cutting interest rates on Jan. 30 and 31.· Fed officials next meet to consider interest rates at the end of January.
· And then moved next to the girl.
· This was mid-June, and in the nearby fields, next season s crops were maturing.· No one thinks Jody will have a good season next year.· There has been speculation the Clippers might leave their current home, the Sports Arena, for Anaheim next season.
· Cliff, smaller and curly-haired, seated next to Ken, gave a snort of laughter.· Doll Cooper was seated next to him, at one end of a long couch.
· George came and sat next to him.· I smiled at them and one came over and sat next to me and asked me who my favourite Spice Girl was.· She sat next to him at dinner that night and engaged him in a lively discussion of rope walking.· I sat next to a personable young man named Yong Yoon, who was not a typical bureaucrat.· Steve had always been particularly friendly to me, and I had often sat next to him.· Ahtonia sat next to her, holding her hand.· My mother admired Pastor Braun and often sat next to him.
· I have spent years using buses, and seem to have a knack of sitting next to some very odd people.· The doctor explained that to You, Jack, I was sitting next to you when he said it.· I was sitting next to Terri-a black wolf prowling the night.· Sitting next to me Roberts gave off the physical communion one usually receives from a woman.· The lady sitting next to my mother began trying to inch her off the seat.· Anticipate that some one three times the size of an economy-size seat will be sitting next to you.· With the volunteers sitting next to him, this student began writing.· Boris, sitting next to me, was getting more and more agitated.
· It drove him mad to think of a stranger standing next to our beds at night, and him asleep.· Her brightening of mood seems largely inspired by the light bulb she has been standing next to.· As I stood next to the coxless fours crew, I felt dwarfed.· For a while she stood next to the coal stove and warmed her hands on the backs of her legs.· The most widely distributed Shas tract shows a smirking Weizman standing next to a grim-looking Deri behind bars.· Jody yelled at Kim, even though they were standing next to each other.· Richard Lombu, standing next to a freshly dug mass grave, also remembers the scene.· Dad stood next to her and smiled with pride.
· The folks who ran the place were nice enough, offering me a free meal next time.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • If I can't be home for Christmas, this is the next best thing.
  • He can't ask them, so he is doing the next best thing.
  • I guess they figured calling their game Arnie was the next best thing to having a blockbusting movie title.
  • It is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself.
  • The new switch is the next best thing we could do to moving.
  • The room is the next best thing to being outside.
  • Video may seem like the next best thing to being there, but electronically mediated interactions are different from real-life meetings.
  • We do, however, have the next best thing: a place to go for more information.
  • We went to the bookshelves to find the next best thing.
► the last but one/the next but two etc► come July/next year/the next day etc
  • The college need to know your next of kin in case something happens to you.
  • The police will not release the dead man's name until his next of kin have been informed.
  • All that will be sorted out by the social workers who are trying to find his next of kin.
  • He would want to write a letter to Stephen's next of kin, if such a person existed.
  • His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
  • If there is no Will, the next of kin should decide.
  • In cases like that it's the next of kin they want.
  • Instructions for my next of kin and executors upon my death.
  • Urgent plans were being made at the London office to fly next of kin to Katmandu tomorrow.
  • We only give out names if we know that relatives and next of kin have been informed.
  • For Tutankhamun was buried with everything he might need in the next life.
  • Perhaps only in the next life.
  • When friends parted, they exchanged loans of money to be returned in the next life.
► be first/second/next etc in line to the throne
  • Ah well, better luck next time, Andy.
  • And if you didn't win, better luck next time.
  • Back to the West Indies with it, and better luck next time.
  • But the next minute there were shrieks.
  • For the next minute Diana and the old soldier stood laughing delightedly together.
  • One minute he could be smiling and joking, the next minute he could be exploding.
  • One moment he was against lawsuits, the next minute his team filed one.
  • Then the next minute he's swearing.
► one minute ... the next (minute) ...► one moment ... the next/from one moment to the next
  • Could some one tell my next-door neighbour, Mrs Timms?
  • For the past year, she has suffered from incontinence, but her kind next-door neighbour has done regular washing for her.
  • He could be the next-door neighbour, a friend, a blood relation.
  • Her next-door neighbour, Philippa, was sitting on the draining-board kicking her legs up and down.
  • I haven't had any trouble with him personally, but my next-door neighbour has.
  • It's a compliment, by the way: Philippa is my next-door neighbour and startlingly beautiful.
  • Next time you chat with your next-door neighbour, you are relieved to find that you don't fancy him.
► next-door apartment/office etc► next door to something
  • I learned next to nothing at school - the teachers were awful.
  • It costs next to nothing to go to an afternoon movie.
  • My parents know next to nothing about the men I date.
  • Phil earns next to nothing.
  • The company's profits climbed from next to nothing to $6 million in just two years.
  • A drive down Highway 880, past the Coliseum complex, reveals next to nothing new.
  • For he was obliged now to concentrate on what he was doing, even if it was next to nothing.
  • I know next to nothing about Belinda, but I must ask him how she died.
  • It was nuts-and-bolts work, with a salary next to nothing, but he was prepared to bear the sacrifices.
  • Its high rise flats are steeped in monotonous poverty: families survive on next to nothing, heroin is a hard currency.
  • We know next to nothing about philosophy thanks to television, but lots about the nocturnal habits of cute animals.
  • As a waterproof it was next to useless.
  • But counting the dead is next to impossible.
  • But he quickly learned that at his age it was next to impossible to find a professional job in San Francisco.
  • Buying such a processor for less than $ 400 is next to impossible.
  • Further, genuine educational change in these settings is next to impossible given the logistical difficulty of just getting the staff together.
  • In the early months, this restraint was next to impossible for them to achieve.
► in no time (at all)/in next to no time
1immediately afterwards:  With John here, you never know what will happen next. Next, put it in the oven for 20 minutes.2the next time:  When I next saw her she completely ignored me.
next1 determiner, adjectivenext2 adverbnext3 pronoun
nextnext3 ●●● S3 W3 pronoun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Jamie was next in line.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe person who does a particular job after someone else
someone who takes a position previously held by someone else: somebody's successor: · In January 1947, Secretary of State Byrnes resigned; his successor was General Marshall. · Two weeks after the death of Pope John Paul, the cardinals met to elect his successor.successor to: · Many people regard him as a likely successor to the current managing director.
to be the next person to take an important position or rank after someone else: · Eisenhower was succeeded by John F. Kennedy.succeed to the throne/the presidency/the championship etc (=become the next king, president etc): · Louis XIII succeeded to the throne when he was only nine years old.succeed somebody as King/President/Secretary General etc: · Bailey will succeed Fuller as Director of Operations.
the person who will be the next leader, when the present one dies, or the person who is most likely to be chosen for an important job, when the present person leaves : · Who is next in line when the current leader of North Korea dies?next in line for: · Tom's next in line for the boss's job.next in line to the throne (=next in line to become king or queen): · Edward VIII was succeeded by his younger brother, who was next in line to the throne.
the next leader, queen, president etc is the one that gets that position after someone else: · Who do you think will be the next prime minister?· The next boss was better than the old one.
the one just before the last one
coming just before the last one in a series, list, line etc: · I've nearly finished this test. I'm on the next to last question.· "How much have you read?" "I'm on the second to last chapter."· It wasn't until the next to last day of the vacation that she dared to go to the beach.
British the one just before the last one: · She had several husbands. Garry Burton, the last but one, was a real alcoholic.· He and his family escaped on the last but one ship to leave Hamburg.· There's a long row of houses and I live in the last but one.
especially British, formal coming just before the last one: · We booked a moped for the penultimate day of the holiday.· Particularly impressive is the horn section on the penultimate track, 'Just Jivin' Around'.penultimate stage/step: · These trials are actually the penultimate step toward choosing the Olympic team for this summer's games.penultimate game/round/lap etc: · Eric scored a timely win in the penultimate round of the Formula 1 championship.· His horse slipped and fell at the penultimate fence.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 I’m going to Cuba next April.
 I was there last August.
· The boats were built in the last century.
· This theme will be developed in the next chapter.
(=the day after something happened in the past)· The story was in the newspaper the following day.
 Last December they visited Prague.
(=happening on the next day)· You have to pay extra for next-day delivery.
 Mum died last February.
 The office has been closed for the last few days.
(=Friday of next week) Her appointment is next Friday.
· People want to pass on money to the next generation when they die.
· Traditional customs are passed from one generation to the next.
 I haven’t heard from him since last January.
 Laura came over to England last July.
 I finished school last June.
(=last except for one other) the second to last paragraph
 The woman next in line began to mutter to herself.
 He must be first in line for the editor’s job.
 A rather odd family came to live next door to us.
 She started work here last March.
 She started work here last May.
(=Monday of next week) Shall we meet next Monday?
· The movie will be released next month.
· His meeting was not until the next morning.
(=the next thing someone does)· What should happen next? What’s our next move?
 Our next-door neighbours (=the people who live in the house next to us) say they’ll look after our cat for us while we’re away.
 He started work here last November.
 We moved in last October.
· I glanced back to the previous page.· What’s on the next page?
 Someone was laughing in the next room (=the one beside the one you are in).
(=Saturday of next week) Ask her yourself next Saturday.
 I haven’t heard from him since last September.
 Put it back on the top shelf.
 You have two hours to complete the test, starting now.
· He met in Washington with his campaign advisers to plan his next step.
· He visited Brittany last summer.
(=Sunday of next week) We’ll announce the winners next Sunday.
 He is next in line to the throne (=will become king when the present ruler dies).
(=Thursday of next week) I’ll see you next Thursday.
(=Tuesday of next week) Shall we meet next Tuesday?
(=Wednesday of next week) I can let you know next Wednesday.
· The wedding is next week.
· I’m going to Palm Springs next weekend.
 ‘Did you know she’s dyed her hair orange?’ ‘Whatever next?’
· I might go to law school next year.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • From them I learned that the coronation was to be on the day after next, and not in three weeks.
  • I think it might be the week after next.
  • The case will be heard in London's High Court the week after next.
  • We shall meet the day after next.
  • We won't be able to cut the grass the week after next, as I'd hoped.
  • Stewart was assured of the championship in the next to last race of the year.
  • His freestyle looked soft and gentle next to all the churning power strokers.
  • If you do this for the next ten years you will have achieved 360 of your goals.
  • It is definitely suited to family skiing as is Valmorel, the next resort we visited.
  • Once off you walk over the mountains to the next town, and over again to another.
  • Other works of reference are discussed in the next section.
  • Our next bulletin is at 10.30 p.m.
  • The next sweeps period is even worse.
  • Prince Charles is next in line to become king of England.
  • As a lad, Cloud and his two brothers were next in line for the Frankish throne.
  • Hull, as secretary of state, is next in line to become governor.
  • You were born to your parents because, right at that moment when they Did It, you were next in line.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • If I can't be home for Christmas, this is the next best thing.
  • He can't ask them, so he is doing the next best thing.
  • I guess they figured calling their game Arnie was the next best thing to having a blockbusting movie title.
  • It is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself.
  • The new switch is the next best thing we could do to moving.
  • The room is the next best thing to being outside.
  • Video may seem like the next best thing to being there, but electronically mediated interactions are different from real-life meetings.
  • We do, however, have the next best thing: a place to go for more information.
  • We went to the bookshelves to find the next best thing.
► the last but one/the next but two etc► come July/next year/the next day etc
  • The college need to know your next of kin in case something happens to you.
  • The police will not release the dead man's name until his next of kin have been informed.
  • All that will be sorted out by the social workers who are trying to find his next of kin.
  • He would want to write a letter to Stephen's next of kin, if such a person existed.
  • His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
  • If there is no Will, the next of kin should decide.
  • In cases like that it's the next of kin they want.
  • Instructions for my next of kin and executors upon my death.
  • Urgent plans were being made at the London office to fly next of kin to Katmandu tomorrow.
  • We only give out names if we know that relatives and next of kin have been informed.
  • For Tutankhamun was buried with everything he might need in the next life.
  • Perhaps only in the next life.
  • When friends parted, they exchanged loans of money to be returned in the next life.
► be first/second/next etc in line to the throne
  • Ah well, better luck next time, Andy.
  • And if you didn't win, better luck next time.
  • Back to the West Indies with it, and better luck next time.
  • But the next minute there were shrieks.
  • For the next minute Diana and the old soldier stood laughing delightedly together.
  • One minute he could be smiling and joking, the next minute he could be exploding.
  • One moment he was against lawsuits, the next minute his team filed one.
  • Then the next minute he's swearing.
► one minute ... the next (minute) ...► one moment ... the next/from one moment to the next
  • Could some one tell my next-door neighbour, Mrs Timms?
  • For the past year, she has suffered from incontinence, but her kind next-door neighbour has done regular washing for her.
  • He could be the next-door neighbour, a friend, a blood relation.
  • Her next-door neighbour, Philippa, was sitting on the draining-board kicking her legs up and down.
  • I haven't had any trouble with him personally, but my next-door neighbour has.
  • It's a compliment, by the way: Philippa is my next-door neighbour and startlingly beautiful.
  • Next time you chat with your next-door neighbour, you are relieved to find that you don't fancy him.
► next-door apartment/office etc► next door to something
  • I learned next to nothing at school - the teachers were awful.
  • It costs next to nothing to go to an afternoon movie.
  • My parents know next to nothing about the men I date.
  • Phil earns next to nothing.
  • The company's profits climbed from next to nothing to $6 million in just two years.
  • A drive down Highway 880, past the Coliseum complex, reveals next to nothing new.
  • For he was obliged now to concentrate on what he was doing, even if it was next to nothing.
  • I know next to nothing about Belinda, but I must ask him how she died.
  • It was nuts-and-bolts work, with a salary next to nothing, but he was prepared to bear the sacrifices.
  • Its high rise flats are steeped in monotonous poverty: families survive on next to nothing, heroin is a hard currency.
  • We know next to nothing about philosophy thanks to television, but lots about the nocturnal habits of cute animals.
  • As a waterproof it was next to useless.
  • But counting the dead is next to impossible.
  • But he quickly learned that at his age it was next to impossible to find a professional job in San Francisco.
  • Buying such a processor for less than $ 400 is next to impossible.
  • Further, genuine educational change in these settings is next to impossible given the logistical difficulty of just getting the staff together.
  • In the early months, this restraint was next to impossible for them to achieve.
► in no time (at all)/in next to no time
1the person or thing in a list, series etc that comes after the person or thing you are dealing with now:  What’s next on the shopping list?the next to do something Who will be the next to go?2the day/week etc after next the day, week etc that follows the next one:  Have you remembered it’s Susie’s birthday the week after next?3the next to last the one before the last one:  the next to last day of their visit4next (please) used to tell someone that it is now their turn to speak or their turn to do something5be next in line to be the next person, especially to have a job or position
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