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adjectivePronunciation
nɛkst
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- immediately following in time or order
adjective
- (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment
adjective
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
adjective
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
adverb
- at the time or occasion immediately following
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