1
: immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)
2
: any other considered hypothetically
knew it as well as the next man
see also next to nothing
: nearest or adjacent to
1
: in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding
next we drove home
the next closest school
2
: on the first occasion to come
when next we meet
: one that is next
from one day to the next
Synonyms
Examples of next in a Sentence
Adjective
I'll see you next Monday.
Next year's party will be even better.
the very next thing that happened
Can I help the next person in line? Who's next?
We could hear people talking in the next room.
At the next set of lights, turn left.
I need the next size up.
The next time we will see each other will be on our wedding day.
Next time, please remember to bring your books to class.
She knew the answer as well as the next person.
Adverb
Next, I need to ask you a few questions about your family.
Recent Examples on the Web
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Under the formula devised by the NCAA board of governors, the Big East will be on the hook for as much as $70 million in restitution payments over the next decade—a seemingly excessive penalty given that only one of its member schools, UConn, fields an FBS football program.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 June 2024
Mary Gilbert, CNN, 25 June 2024
Lawmakers are likely to vote on the budget next week.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 June 2024
Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 27 June 2024
With the Texas Rangers next on the schedule, the flight to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport lasts about three hours.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
So bouncing from one tone and genre to the next creates a whiplash effect, even though some of the episodes — that fourth one in particular — are quite good.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
The next day, 101 officers called out, according to numbers released by the L.A. County Probation Department to The Times last month.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Under the formula devised by the NCAA board of governors, the Big East will be on the hook for as much as $70 million in restitution payments over the next decade—a seemingly excessive penalty given that only one of its member schools, UConn, fields an FBS football program.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 June 2024
Preposition
Most of the East and parts of the Rockies are likely to be the most anomalously warm areas next month.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 25 June 2024
Lawmakers are likely to vote on the budget next week.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 June 2024
Adverb
Hall will next appear in Season 3 of hit Amazon Prime Video series Reacher, which is based on the book Persuader in Lee Child’s series of novels.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 27 June 2024
With the Texas Rangers next on the schedule, the flight to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport lasts about three hours.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Noun
One sport to the next sees what the other has done and wants some of the same stuff.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
So bouncing from one tone and genre to the next creates a whiplash effect, even though some of the episodes — that fourth one in particular — are quite good.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Next.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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next
1 of 3 adjective
: coming immediately before or following
the next page
the house next to ours
next
2 of 3 preposition(ˈ)nekst
next
3 of 3 adverbˈnekst
1
: in the nearest time, place, or order following
open this package next
2
: at the first time to come after this
when next we meet
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