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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

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/(nĕkst)/ · IPA /nɛkst/
01 a. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
  1. 1.
    Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
    “Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest.” — Dryden.
    “Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.” — Bunyan.
  2. 2.
    Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
  3. 3.
    Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
    “None could tell whose turn should be the next.” — Gay.
  4. 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.” — Ruth ii. 20.
Phrases & compounds
Next friend — one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law.
02 adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.
  1. 1.
    In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.