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[nekst] or [nɛkst]
Definition
(adv.) at the time or occasion immediately following; 'next the doctor examined his back'.
Inputed by Hubert--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
(superl.) Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
(superl.) Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
(superl.) Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.
(adv.) In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.
Edited by Jonathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Nearest.
Edited by Bertram
Definition
adj. (superl. of Nigh) nearest in place time &c.—adv. nearest or immediately after.—prep. nearest to.—n. Next′ness.—Next door to (see Door); Next to nothing almost nothing at all.
Typist: Melville
Examples
- You'll hit something next time, if you look sharp. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The ice, you see, was broken between us--and I thought I would take care, on the next occasion, that Mr. Betteredge was out of the way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next morning after the capture of Petersburg, I telegraphed Mr. Lincoln asking him to ride out there and see me, while I would await his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My next words, as true as the good God is above us, will put my life into your hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oh yes, Friday or Saturday next. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This little conundrum came by the first post, and he was to follow by the next train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mauretania: Yes, next Wednesday as ever is. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The next day, the 3d, I was ordered to Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They have been looking at the house in St. Peter's Place, next to Mr. Hackbutt's; it belongs to him, and he is putting it nicely in repair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My next inquiry related to the subject of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The next Pope elected, Clement V, was a Frenchman, the choice of King Philip of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The next morning Early started on his march to the capital of the Nation, arriving before it on the 11th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My mind being made up, after that circumstance, I had two questions to consider next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The next morning, as she was going downstairs, she was met by her father, who came out of his library with a letter in his hand. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Put them next to your great-uncle the judge. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Such being done, place your ventilator first, egg drawer next, and tank last. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I went into the next room, and so saw Rachel again for the first time since we had parted in Montagu Square. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Even so soon as next week. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His face was eager and expectant--it expressed nothing but the most intense anxiety to hear her next words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Next to McClernand came Prentiss with a raw division, and on the extreme left, Stuart with one brigade of Sherman's division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He then became a little more practical than I liked, first taking hold of my hand, and next kissing me by force. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Can I separate my father's twin-brother, joint inheritor, and next successor, from himself? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The next step is to reproduce, as nearly as we can, the domestic circumstances which surrounded you last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He then requested that I should call next day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After more communing with herself next day, she arrived at the desperate conclusion of consulting Harry. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We shall do better, said he, to leave them two of our attendants and two horses to convey them back to the next village. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The beauty, oh the beauty of them, and oh the paradisal bliss, if she should have a perfect bouquet and could give it to Gudrun the next day. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Melville