next

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Etymology

Old English nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh, near”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: nĕkst, IPA: /nɛkst/, 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.

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 Finnish: seuraava (fi) French: prochain (fr), suivant (fr) German: nächster (de) Greek: επόμενος (el) (epómenos) m. Hindi: अगला (hi) (aglā) Hungarian: következő (hu) Icelandic: næstur (is) Ido: nexta (io)

Interlingua: sequente Italian: seguente (it), successivo (it) Japanese: 次の (ja) (つぎの, tsugi-no) Korean: 다음의 (ko) (da-eum-ui) Latin: proximus (la), sequens (la), subsequens (la) Norwegian: neste (no) 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) Slovene: naslednji (sl) Spanish: siguiente (es), próximo (es) Swedish: nästa (sv) 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) m. Hungarian: legközelebbi (hu), szomszédos (hu) Interlingua: proxime

Italian: vicino (it), prossimo (it) Japanese: 隣の (ja) (となりの, tonari-no) Latin: proximus (la) Norwegian: neste (no), nærmest (no) 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) Dutch: volgend, aanstaand (chronology) Esperanto: proksima (eo) Finnish: seuraava (fi) German: nächster (de) Greek: επόμενος (el) (epómenos) m. Hungarian: legközelebbi (hu) Irish: seo chugainn (ga) (in reference to time) Italian: più vicino Japanese: 明くる (あくる, akuru)

Latin: propior (la) Norwegian: neste (no), følgende (no) 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)

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 advance.

   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

what comes after this one

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)

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)

what is near to this one

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)

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German: als nächstes Interlingua: postea

Preposition

next

1. On the side of; next to

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. 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