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next
adjective
adverb
immediately following in time or order
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nɛkst
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adjective
immediately following in time or order
“the following day”
adjective
(of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment
“not this Saturday, next Saturday”
adjective
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
“had adjacent rooms”
adjective
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
“our next president”
adverb
at the time or occasion immediately following
“next the doctor examined his back”
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Example Sentences
the following day
next in line
the next president
the next item on the list
not this Saturday, next Saturday
on Tuesday next
had adjacent rooms
in the next room
the person sitting next to me
our rooms were side by side
our next president
next the doctor examined his back
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