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Etymology

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English n?ehsta, n?ehste, etc., inflected forms of n?ehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of n?ah (“nigh, near”), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *n?hwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh +‎ -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next”), German nächst (“next”), Danish næste (“next”), Swedish näst (“next”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Persian ???‎ (nazd, “near, with”).

Adjective

next (not comparable)

1. Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
   1. (obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
2. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
3. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
4. (chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)

Determiner

next

1. The one immediately following the current or most recent one
2. Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

Adverb

next (not comparable)

1. In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
2. On the first subsequent occasion.

Preposition

next

1. On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

Noun

next (uncountable)

1. The one that follows after this one.

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