noun
definition
The one that follows after this one.
example
Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
adjective
definition
Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
definition
Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
example
the next chapter; the next man I see; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
definition
Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
example
The man was driven by his love for money and his desire to become the next Bill Gates.
definition
Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
adverb
definition
In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
example
It's the next best thing to ice cream.
definition
On the first subsequent occasion.
example
Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
preposition
definition
On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
Examples of next in a Sentence
The kids are in the next room.
Maybe he'd think about it next time.
When the next company of Gargoyles advanced, our adventurers began yelling as if they had gone mad.
It was going to be nice having nothing to do but enjoy their little family for the next two weeks.
I'll see if I can find a deer next time.
The next few days ran together.
I promise to drop in and see you the very next time I'm up this way.
In the next month, her schedule became routine.
Next, imagine that happening every week for one hundred years.
A four wheel ATV was parked next to the porch and Giddon stepped over it, seating himself as he turned the key.
By the next day she was ready to resume her normal activities, but Sarah insisted it was Saturday and she should take some time to enjoy herself.
From the next stall, Dawn answered.
Before noon the next day the gardener was admitted to the palace.
The next morning, Gautama sat in his carriage and rode out from the palace into one of the streets of the city.
A bird sits on the next bough, life-everlasting grows under the table, and blackberry vines run round its legs; pine cones, chestnut burs, and strawberry leaves are strewn about.
A chair scraped next to her and Alex swore softly under his breath.
He can pick it up next weekend.
The two spent the next hour playfully enjoying each other.
For the next three days the clinic would be closed.
She let the conversation drop that night, but early the next morning Dulce caught him in the hallway and it was clear that she didn't think anything was settled.
Elisabeth perched on the arm of the sofa next to Sarah.
On the twelfth of November, Kutuzov's active army, in camp before Olmutz, was preparing to be reviewed next day by the two Emperors--the Russian and the Austrian.
In the room next their bedroom there was a confusion of sabers, satchels, sabretaches, open portmanteaus, and dirty boots.
The next time she glanced at the table where she had seen the driver, no one was there.
Following that resolution, she was up at five the next morning getting ready for work.
Where can I find you, my next little friend?
I called Daniel Brennan the next day and related the story to him.
I waved Betsy over next to me.
With a deep breath, she opened the door, uncertain what horror she'd face next.
Early the next morning after taking Jonathan to school, she went back to the house and took care of the animals.
Normally he wouldn't go more than a few hours without thinking about his next meal, but Elisabeth filled his thoughts so completely, there was no room for anything else.
The last time you did that, I didn't much care for what came next.
Well, I thought maybe I would wait until the next full moon, then find Elisabeth and let her rip out what's left of my guts.
They obeyed at once, and next served a fine large turbot on a silver platter, with drawn gravy poured over it.
The next day we went to Plymouth by water.
Next day the French army did not renew their attack, and the remnant of Bagration's detachment was reunited to Kutuzov's army.
She'll be going to college next month.
I'm as curious by nature as the next person, probably even more so, but to answer your question; no.
Martha exclaimed the next morning as I came downstairs.
The next step was informing Mr. Cooms of our willingness to proceed with his offer.
Her killer was pulled over the next day by an observant trooper shortly after dumping the young girl's body.
He's climbing a tree next to the wall... he fell... he's up again... and over.
I was just going to call you for a next of kin name.
He expected her to push him away and slap him, and he was prepared to leave and remain furious at her for the next week or two.
How could she possibly win in the next five?
I'll see you next time.
Next week Sarah and Connor are going to his parent's house in Maine.
Won't you reconsider staying here next month?
The next thing I knew you were talking about marriage.
So they began to ascend the stairs, Dorothy and the Wizard first, Jim next, drawing the buggy, and then Zeb to watch that nothing happened to the harness.