Next | Mean of next in English Dictionary

/ˈnɛkst/

• coming after this one
1. the next day [=the day that comes after this day]
2. Please turn to the next [=following] page.
3. I'll see you next Monday.
4. Are you coming this Thursday or next Thursday? [=are you coming on Thursday of this week or Thursday of next week?]
5. Next year's party will be even better.
6. For the next two years [=two years after this point], she did nothing but eat, sleep, and study.
7. the very next thing that happened
8. Can I help the next person in line? Who's next?
9. We could hear people talking in the next room.
10. At the next set of lights, turn left.
11. Next stop, Los Angeles.
12. I need the next size up.
13. The next time we will see each other will be on our wedding day.
14. Next time, please remember to bring your books to class.
15. in the next life [=in the afterlife; in the life that we may have after death]
16. I slipped, and the next thing I knew [=right after that happened], I was lying face up on the ground.
• any other
1. He said he's as willing to do it as the next man. [=he's as willing as anyone else would be]
2. She knew the answer as well as the next person.
• almost but not quite
1. It's next to [=nearly, practically] impossible to drive in this snow.
2. You ate next to nothing at dinner. Aren't you hungry?
3. We were next to last in line. [=there was one person or group behind us]
4. He finished next to last in the race.
5. the next to last day of our vacation [=the day immediately before the last day of our vacation]

• in the time or place that follows or comes directly after someone or something
1. Open this present next.
2. There's a small grocery store in town. The next closest store is 20 miles away. [=not including the store in town, the closest store is 20 miles away]
3. What happens next?
4. Next, I need to ask you a few questions about your family.
5. You're up next. [=it's your turn]
• at the first time after this
1. when we next see each other = when we see each other next = (formal) when next we see each other
• at the side of (someone or something)
1. I stood right next to [=beside] her.
2. The house next to ours is for sale.
3. He sat next to his grandmother.
• following or coming immediately after (someone or something)
1. Next to [=after, besides] math, science was my worst subject in school.
2. It's the most important news story next to the war.
• in comparison with (someone or something)
1. Next to you, I'm wealthy.
• a person or thing that immediately follows another person or thing
1. Her first novel was good, but I hope her next will be even better.
2. We'll meet the week after next. [=we will meet on a day that is in the week after next week; we'll meet in about two weeks]
3. We went from one store to the next looking for the new CD.
4. She finished one project and began working on the next.
5. Who will be the next to leave the company?
6. All she does from one day to the next is complain. [=she complains all the time]
7. I was the next to last person [=not the last person, but the person before the last person] in line.
• the person or people most closely related to you
1. We notified his next of kin of his death.