next
/nɛkst
/adjective
1(Of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking: we’ll go to Corfu next year next week’s Cup Final...
- UK Coal says it will make a decision on Selby's future within the next two months.
- I hope those who meet to consider York's future next month reflect on this salutary tale.
- This code provided the model for all subsequent regulations over the next four centuries.
1.1(Of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present: not this Wednesday, next Wednesday [postpositive]: on Monday next...
- The second semi-annual fair of the American Book Trade Association will be opened on Monday next in Clinton Hall, Astor place.
- Apple's next event is scheduled for March 6th, next Thursday.
1.2(Of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening: campaigning for the next election next time I’ll bring a hat...
- The next event was the big dinner at night organized by the Fellowship and the Centre.
- The next event is a French supper and cabaret night organised by the Twinning Society.
- The executive was pushing for an expiration date that coincided with the premiere of the next episode.
2Coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space: the woman in the next room the next chapter building materials were next in importance...
- Be sure to call to St Ita's Hall next Friday to place your order for the next batch.
- As we laid our flower and moved away to make space for the next person, tears welled up in most of us.
- You collect three of these cards, and you get a free large pizza with your next order.
Synonyms
neighbouring, adjacent, adjoining, next-door, bordering, abutting;
contiguous, connected, connecting, attached;
closest, nearest, proximate
adverb
1On the first or soonest occasion after the present; immediately afterwards: he wondered what would happen next next, I heard the sound of voices...
- However, you may care to bear the existence of this book in mind when next you need a present for a bookish friend.
- Euro 2008 might be good for Scotland, but would you use that as an excuse when next you dealt with the bank?
- But CJ tells me I have to be nice to him when he comes round to mow their lawns next.
Synonyms
then, after this/that, following that/this, after, afterwards, after that time, later, at a later time, subsequently, at a subsequent time
formal thereafter, thereupon
2 [with superlative] Following in the specified order: Jo was the next oldest after Martin...
- The link to go the the next oldest page of past reports has disappeared.
- Some of these projects might never be completed, and no one can really say what will be the world's next tallest building for any length of time.
noun
The next person or thing: the week after next...
- To refer to the Monday in the week after next, the most common and well-understood usage is "a week from Monday."
- The next to appear was his on-and-off wife, but then she was taken out of the scene, brutally murdered.
- The next he heard a bump and saw a propeller flying away from the plane.
determiner (a next) West Indian
Another: every year sales down by a next ten per cent again...
- All of a sudden everybody just run off the stage and it's a next reggae artist.
- What I'm trying to eradicate out of the Jamaica team and the West Indies team is people hiding behind people and playing in people's shadow and marvelling in a next one's success.
Phrases
next in line
next to
the next world
what next (or whatever next)
Origin
Old English nēhsta 'nearest', superlative of nēah 'nigh'; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.