<adv.all> next the doctor examined his back [ adj ]
immediately following in time or order
<adj.all> the following day next in line the next president the next item on the list
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
<adj.all> had adjacent rooms in the next room the person sitting next to me our rooms were side by side
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
<adj.all> our next president
Next \Next\, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.
Next \Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of {Nigh}. [AS. n[=e]hst, ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See {Nigh}.] 1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. --Chaucer.
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. 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. --Gay.
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.
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.
Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. {Nigher} (n[imac]"[~e]r); superl. {Nighest}, or {Next} (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h, a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. {Near}, {Neighbor}, {Next}.] 1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. ``Nigh kinsmen.'' --Knolles.
Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ. --Eph. ii. 13.
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