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/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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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