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Next   /nɛkst/  /nɛks/   Listen
adjective
Nigh  adj.  (compar. nigher; superl. nighest, or next)  
1.
Not distant or remote in place or time; near. "The loud tumult shows the battle nigh."
2.
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." "Ye... are made nigh by the blood of Christ."
Synonyms: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.


Next  adj. superl.  (superl. of Nigh)
1.
Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. "Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest." "Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way."
2.
Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
3.
Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. "None could tell whose turn should be the next."
4.
Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. "The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen." Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered by many grammarians as a preposition.
Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law.


adverb
Next  adv.  In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.





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