next
pronunciation
How to pronounce next in British English:
UK [nekst]
How to pronounce next in American English:
US [nekst]
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- Adjective:
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
- immediately following in time or order
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- Adverb:
- at the time or occasion immediately following
Word Origin
- next
- next: [OE] Etymologically, something that is next is ‘nearest’. The word comes, like its Germanic relatives, German nächste, Dutch naaste, Swedish näst, and Danish næst, from a prehistoric ancestor formed from *nēkh- ‘near’ (from which English nigh is descended) and the superlative suffix *-istaz. A parallel comparative formation has given English near.=> near, nigh
- next (adj.)
- Old English niehsta, nyhsta (West Saxon), nesta (Anglian) "nearest, closest," superlative of neah (West Saxon), neh (Anglian) "nigh;" from Proto-Germanic *nekh- "near" + superlative suffix *-istaz. Cognate with Old Norse næstr, Dutch naast "next," Old High German nahisto "neighbor," German nächst "next." Adverbial and prepositional use from c. 1200. Phrase the next person "a typical person" is from 1857.
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Example
- 1. What 's next on this journey ?
- 2. The government loses the next election .
- 3. The group meets next in june .
- 4. But what will happen next is unclear .
- 5. Americans will elect their next president on november 4 .