nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; " had adjacent rooms"; " in the next room"; " the person sitting next to me"; " our rooms were side by side"

immediately following in time or order; " the following day"; " next in line"; " the next president"; " the next item on the list"

at the time or occasion immediately following; " next the doctor examined his back"

Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.

Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.

In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.

Of nigh.

Nearest in time, place, degree, or rank; as, the next day; the next street; the next quality; next in order.

Immediately succeeding; in the nearest time, place, or order; as, you go next: next of kin, nearest relative.

( superl. of NIGH), Nearest in place, time, etc.

Nearest or immediately after.

Being only one step removed; nearest.

Immediately succeeding.

Of Nigh; nearest in place, time, or degree.

Immediately succeeding. Next door to, very near to.

Nearest in place; nearest in time; having no object intervening between it and another.

Immediately succeeding, or at the time or turn nearest, as, " the matter is next to impossible": next door to, close to; not far removed from anything.

Let us hope he will know better next time. – The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. Dell

" I don't know what next," she said. – Jill's Red Bag by Amy Le Feuvre

Next morning we were early at work again. – Long Live the King by Guy Boothby

Come in to- morrow or next day and let me look you over. – Starr, of the Desert by B. M Bower

Then, let us see what happened next.... – Verotchka's Tales by Mamin Siberiak

Mr. Inskip next to her. – The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories by E. M. Forster

Sometimes they complain of uncomfortable feelings after eating and this makes them eat less at the next meal. – Psychotherapy by James J. Walsh

When next she came to see him! – Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie

So the next morning, George took the 'bus. – The Trumpeter Swan by Temple Bailey

It was midforenoon of the next day. – Flowing Gold by Rex Beach

And the next time you see me coming- don't run away! – The Bars of Iron by Ethel May Dell

The next morning, she was found dead in her bed. – The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins

Next to Helen, I like her best of the Hamiltonites. – Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Pauline Lester

They had found the man the next day. – The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

" Don't know when we shall next meet. – The Vultures by Henry Seton Merriman

And he said he went up to see her next day, and- and she was gone. – Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley

Would you help me next time? – Desert Dust by Edwin L. Sabin

The next day Mr. Ercildoune came in. – What Answer? by Anna E. Dickinson

The Baronne had quite a young man next her. – The Visits of Elizabeth by Elinor Glyn

" My turn next," she whispered. – The Pygmy Planet by John Stewart Williamson