- a person or thing that is next
- One moment he wasn't there, the next he was.
- the week after next
- The next to appear was his wife.
Word OriginOld English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.Definitions on the go
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