Next , adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.
Next (n&ebreve;kst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. nēhst,
niéhst, n&ymacr;hst, superl. of neáh nigh. See
Nigh.]
1. 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.
2. Nearest in time; as, the
next day or hour.
3. 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 infant.
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth ii. 20. &fist;
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.
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