next

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Alternative forms

• neest (dialectal)
• neist (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English nexte, nest, from Old English nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh, near”), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”). Cognate with Old Norse næstr (Danish næste), Dutch naast, German nächst.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nĕkst, IPA: /nɛkst/, X-SAMPA: /nEkst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkst

Adjective

next (not comparable)

1. Following in a sequence.
2. Being closer to the present location than all other items.
3. Nearest following (of date, time, space or order).

   The next week is full.

4. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
   • 1945, Yank: the army weekly, volume 4, page 96: 

     " […] You patriotic?" / "I guess so, as much as the next guy," I said, wondering how the hell I could shake him.

Antonyms

• previous
• (closest to seven days ahead): last, this

Translations

following in a sequence

• Arabic: (indefinite) تالٍ (ar) (taalin), (definite) التالي (ar) (al-taaliy)
• Catalan: proper (ca), següent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下一個 (cmn), 下一个 (cmn) (xià yī ge) (with any other measure word), 下 (cmn) (xià), 下一次 (cmn) (xià yī cì)

• Czech: příští (cs)
• Danish: næste (da)
• Dutch: volgend (nl)
• Esperanto: venonta (eo)
• Estonian: järgmine (et)
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• French: prochain (fr), suivant (fr)
• German: nächster (de)
• Greek: επόμενος (el) (epómenos)
• Guernésiais: perchôin
• Hindi: अगला (hi) (aglā)
• Hungarian: következő (hu)
• Icelandic: næstur (is)
• Ido: nexta (io)
• Interlingua: sequente (ia)
• Italian: seguente (it), successivo (it), prossimo (it)

• Japanese: 次の (ja) (つぎの, tsugi-no)
• Jèrriais: préchain
• Korean: 다음의 (ko) (da-eum-ui)
• Latin: proximus (la), sequens (la), subsequens (la)
• Macedonian: следен (mk) (sléden)
• Norwegian: neste (no)
• Pashto: ورپسې (ps) (warpëse), بل (ps) (bël)
• Persian: سپس (fa) (sepas), پس از این (fa) (pas az in), دیگر (fa) (digar), آینده (fa) (âyande)
• Polish: następny (pl)
• Portuguese: próximo (pt), seguinte (pt)
• Romanian: următor (ro)
• Russian: следующий (ru) (slédujuščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: sljedeći (sh)
• Slovene: naslednji (sl)
• Spanish: siguiente (es), próximo (es)
• Swedish: nästa (sv)
• Thai: หน้า (th) (nâa)
• Turkish: gelecek, önümüzdeki
• Urdu: اگلا (ur) (aglā)

being closer to the present location than all other items

• Catalan: proper (ca), següent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隔壁 (cmn) (gébì), 比鄰 (cmn), 比邻 (cmn) (bǐlín)

• Dutch: naast (nl), dichtst (nl)
• Esperanto: apuda, proksima
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• French: proche (fr)
• German: nächster (de)
• Greek: διπλανός (el) (diplanós)
• Hungarian: legközelebbi (hu), szomszédos (hu)
• Interlingua: proxime (ia)
• Italian: vicino (it), prossimo (it)

• Japanese: 隣の (ja) (となりの, tonari-no)
• Latin: proximus (la)
• Macedonian: соседен (mk) (sóseden), околен (mk) (ókolen)
• Norwegian: neste (no), nærmest (no)
• Pashto: ورپسې (ps) (warpëse)
• Portuguese: perto (pt), próximo (pt)
• Russian: ближайший (ru) (bližajšij), соседний (ru) (sosédnij)
• Spanish: próximo (es)
• Swahili: kando (sw)
• Swedish: nära (sv), närmast (sv)
• Turkish: yakın (tr)

nearest date, time, space or order

• Afrikaans: volgende (af)
• Catalan: proper (ca), següent (ca), que ve (ca)
• Czech: další (cs), následující (cs)
• Dutch: volgend (nl), aanstaand (nl) (chronology)
• Esperanto: proksima (eo)
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• German: nächster (de)
• Greek: επόμενος (el) (epómenos)
• Hungarian: legközelebbi (hu)
• Irish: seo chugainn (ga) (in reference to time)
• Italian: più vicino, prossimo (it)
• Japanese: 明くる (あくる, akuru)
• Latin: propior (la)

• Macedonian: следен (mk) (sléden)
• Norwegian: neste (no), følgende (no)
• Pashto: ورپسې (ps) (warpëse)
• Persian: آینده (fa) (âyande)
• Portuguese: próximo (pt), seguinte (pt)
• Russian: следующий (ru) (slédujuščij), будущий (ru) (búduščij), грядущий (ru) (grjadúščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath (gd)
• Slovene: naslednji (sl)
• Spanish: próximo (es)
• Swedish: nästa (sv)
• Turkish: ertesi (tr)

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• Indonesian: berikut
• Korean: 다음 (da-eum)
• Georgian: შემდეგი

Determiner

next

1. The one immediately following the current or most recent one

   Next week would be a good time to meet.

   I'll know better next time.

2. Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

   The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.

Adverb

next (not comparable)

1. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.

   They live in the next closest house.

   It's the next best thing to ice cream.

   Next, we stripped off the old paint.

2. On the first subsequent occasion,

   Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?

   When we next meet, you'll be married.

Antonyms

• previously

Translations

In a time, place or sequence closest or following

• Dutch: nabij (nl), bij (nl), vlakbij
• Esperanto: apude, proksime
• Hungarian: legközelebb (hu)
• Italian: accanto (it), vicino (it)
• Norwegian: nærmest (no)

• Portuguese: perto (pt), próximo (pt)
• Russian: вблизи (vblizí), возле (vózle), около (ókolo), подле (pódle), рядом (rjádom), по соседству (po sosédstvu)
• Spanish: junto a, al lado de
• Swahili: kando (sw)

On the first subsequent occasion

• Dutch: volgend (nl)
• Esperanto: poste (eo)
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• French: puis (fr), après (fr)
• Hungarian: ezután (hu), azután (hu), aztán (hu)
• Italian: dopo (it), poi (it)

• Macedonian: потоа (mk) (pótoa)
• Norwegian: som neste (no)
• Polish: dalej (pl)
• Portuguese: a seguir (pt), seguinte (pt), depois (pt), próximo (pt)
• Russian: затем (ru) (zatém), потом (ru) (potóm), после (ru) (pósle)
• Spanish: pues (es), después (es)

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• German: als nächstes
• Interlingua: postea

Preposition

next

1. On the side of; next to.
   • 1900, The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices, translated by Walter Leaf (London, Macmillan), notes on line 558 of book 2:

     The fact that the line cannot be original is patent from the fact that Aias in the rest of the Iliad is not encamped next the Athenians […] .

Translations

next to — see next to

on the side of

• Catalan: al costat
• Czech: vedle (cs)
• Dutch: naast (nl)
• Finnish: vieressä (fi), vierellä (fi)
• French: à côté (fr)
• German: neben (de)
• Hungarian: mellett (hu), mellé (hu)
• Italian: vicino a, accanto a, presso

• Norwegian: ved siden av (no), attmed (no)
• Portuguese: ao lado (pt)
• Russian: возле (ru) (vózle)
• Spanish: al lado (es)
• Swahili: kando (sw)
• Swedish: bredvid (sv)
• Turkish: yanında (tr)

Noun

next (uncountable)

1. The one that follows after this one.

   Next, please, don't hold up the queue!

Translations

the one that follows after this one

in languages with a definite article that is generally required in this sense

• Dutch: de volgende (nl) m
• Esperanto: venonto
• French: le suivant (fr)
• German: der/die Nächste
• Hungarian: következő (hu)

• Italian: il prossimo (it) m, la prossima (it) f
• Norwegian: neste (no) m, nestemann (no) m
• Portuguese: próximo (pt)
• Russian: следующий (ru) (slédujuščij)
• Spanish: siguiente (es) m and f, próxima (es) f, próximo (es) m
• Swedish: nästa (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: thy · less · till · #256: next · poor · present · water

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Kurdish

Noun

next m

1. A dowry (among Kurds, customarily given to the family of the bride by the family of the groom)

Synonyms

• qelen