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.
Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. None could tell whose turn should be the next. Gay.
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.
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.
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