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Meaning of "next" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NEXT

Old English nēhst, superlative of nēahnigh; compare near, neighbour.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NEXT

next  [nɛkst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEXT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Next can act as an adjective, an adverb and a preposition.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES NEXT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of next in the English dictionary

The first definition of next in the dictionary is immediately following. Other definition of next is immediately adjoining. Next is also closest to in degree.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEXT


ciphertext
ˈsaɪfəˌtɛkst
context
ˈkɒntɛkst
Euronext
ˈjʊərəʊˌnɛkst
hypertext
ˈhaɪpəˌtɛkst
inflexed
ɪnˈflɛkst
intertext
ˈɪntəˌtɛkst
martext
ˈmɑːˌtɛkst
oversexed
ˌəʊvəˈsɛkst
perplexed
pəˈplɛkst
pretext
ˈpriːtɛkst
sexed
sɛkst
sext
sɛkst
subtext
ˈsʌbˌtɛkst
teletext
ˈtɛlɪˌtɛkst
text
tɛkst
undersexed
ˌʌndəˈsɛkst
unsexed
ʌnˈsɛkst
Urtext
ˈuːrtɛkst
vexed
vɛkst
videotext
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌtɛkst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEXT

newton
Newton´s cradle
Newton´s law of gravitation
Newton´s laws of motion
Newton´s rings
Newtonian
Newtonian mechanics
Newtonian telescope
Newtown
Newtown St Boswells
Newtownabbey
newwaver
next door
next door neighbour
next friend
next of kin
next to
nextly
nextness
nexus

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEXT

betwixt
church text
ext
fixt
greeked text
high-context
low-context
opaque context
plain text
sex-text
spintext
transfixt
transparent context

Synonyms and antonyms of next in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NEXT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «next» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of next

Translation of «next» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEXT

Find out the translation of next to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of next from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «next» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下次的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

siguiente
570 millions of speakers

English

next
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अगले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَالٍ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

следующий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seguinte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরবর্তী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prochain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seterusnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nächster
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

次の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다음의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sabanjure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếp sau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடுத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुढे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sonraki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prossimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

następny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наступний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

următor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επόμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

volgende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nästa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

neste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of next

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEXT»

The term «next» is very widely used and occupies the 327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of next
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «next».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEXT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «next» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «next» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about next

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10 QUOTES WITH «NEXT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word next.
1
Debbie Allen
I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director.
2
Pedro Almodovar
Cinema has become my life. I don't mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily reality is simply there to provide material for my next film.
3
Nita Ambani
My father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next day, I got a phone call, and the caller said, 'I'm Dhirubhai Ambani... may I talk to Nita?' I said, 'It's a wrong number' and put down the phone. Then he called again... and I said, 'If you're Dhirubhai Ambani, then I'm Elizabeth Taylor.'
4
Adam Beach
I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.
5
Donald Bren
At the end of the day, the Irvine Co. is slowly being transformed. Our long-term goal is to transform what was once an agricultural company to a development company, and to that, the next, final step is to create a large real estate investment company.
6
Leonid I. Brezhnev
One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. 'Away with you', I say. But Comrade Appetite does not budge from the spot.
7
Susan Brooks
I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.
8
Clancy Brown
Whatever comes next for this generation, that's going to be the greatest voice.
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Mariah Carey
People are constantly asking me if I'm pregnant, but I don't like to talk about it too much. I just think about it as the next phase. We'll see.
10
Laura Carmichael
I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEXT»

Discover the use of next in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to next and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Next
. . Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality.
Michael Crichton, 2009
2
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
We meet the people who most influenced Goodwin’s early life: her mother, who taught her the joy of books but whose debilitating illness left her housebound: and her father, who taught her the joy of baseball and to root for the Dodgers of ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2009
3
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
This new and substantially expanded edition of Philip Jenkins's influential book The Next Christendom tracks the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the implications of that shift ...
Philip Jenkins, 2011
4
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of ...
This bestselling resource identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. The new edition, the first since 1998, includes a new Foreword for the 21st century by Dr. Stanley.
William D. Danko, 2010
5
The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the ...
Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University.
Peter Calthorpe, 1993
6
Next Stop: Growing Up Wild-Style in the Bronx
This book honors the memories of those who died. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Next Stop shares with a whole new generation the insights and hard lessons Ivan learned.
Ivan Sanchez, 2008
7
Six Memos for the Next Millennium
Six undelivered Norton lectures sum up the nature of literature and describe characteristics that the author would like to see bequeathed to those who live in the next millennium
Italo Calvino, 1988
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The Next Step
But it will cost you something! 3. Prayer Do you want to get RESULTS when you pray? Here are the keys to effective prayer, and how to deal with the things Satan uses to stop you. 4. Love Some people are hard to love.
Jack T. Chick, 2011
9
Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea
This is an explanation of what Nanotechnology is all about and its business aspects, written in an approachable and witty style. Nanotechnology's impact will reach beyond science to touch the everyday health, work, and businesses.
Mark A. Ratner, Daniel Ratner, 2003
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The Sociopath Next Door
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings? The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own? In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He’s a sociopath.
Martha Stout, Ph.D., 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEXT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term next is used in the context of the following news items.
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Loblaw to close 52 unprofitable stores over next year as earnings …
Canadian PressLoblaw Companies Ltd, Canada's largest grocer, said it would close 52 unprofitable stores over the next year. «Financial Post, Jul 15»
2
David Wright to begin baseball activities in NY next week
Not only do the Mets expect David Wright to play this season, but he is scheduled to be in New York next week to do perform baseball activities ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
High humidity, 90s to return to DC next week
Summer swelter is on hiatus, but not for long. Temperatures creep back to around 90 over the weekend and, by early next week, that loathsome ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Requiem for the Humvee, as the Army readies for the next war
And now comes a new entrant to the symphonic cacophony of the Next War — the mad-scientist mating of a Jeep with a tank. After a decade in ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Preview: Westmeath and Cork can take next step
When you come to the qualifiers there is no next day. You can never think about the next day.” In a clash of potentially narrow margins, ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
6
Mets' David Wright to return to New York next week
NEW YORK -- If all goes to plan, Mets third baseman David Wright is expected to come to New York next week to begin baseball activities. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
7
Singapore's Next Story
Subscriber content preview. or Sign In. The Southeast Asian city-state's model worked for 50 years. What comes now? Clouds bruised the ... «TIME, Jul 15»
8
Blue Moon coming next week
Well, that blue moon is about to happen next week! Actually a week from tomorrow on July 31. But the moon will not actually be blue. And we ... «WHIO, Jul 15»
9
The next Jurassic World is coming in 2018
What happens when a movie becomes the biggest summer blockbuster of the year? It gets a sequel, of course. Variety is reporting that ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
10
Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper fight to be 'next best thing' to …
“If people draw back from backing Corbyn, they will see Andy as the next best thing,” one Labour MP said. Ms Cooper, the shadow Home ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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