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Webster 1913 Edition
Next
1.
Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
Chaucer.
Her princely guest
Was
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 hour3.
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 infantThe man is near of kin unto us, one of our
next
kinsmen. Ruth ii. 20.
☞ 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.
Next
,adv.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding;
as, this man follows
. next
Webster 1828 Edition
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NEXT
,Adj.
1.
Nearest in place; that has no object intervening between it and some other; immediately preceding, or preceding in order. We say, the next person before or after another.Her princely guest was next her side, in order sat the rest.
2.
Nearest in time; as the next day or hour; the next day before or after Easter.3.
Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right or relation; as, one man is next to another in excellence; one is next in kindred; one is next in rank or dignity. Assign the property to nim who has the next claim.NEXT
,adv.