1
: immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)
2
: any other considered hypothetically
knew it as well as the next man
see also next to nothing
: nearest or adjacent to
1
: in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding
next we drove home
the next closest school
2
: on the first occasion to come
when next we meet
: one that is next
from one day to the next
Examples of next in a Sentence
Adjective
I'll see you next Monday.
Next year's party will be even better.
the very next thing that happened
Can I help the next person in line? Who's next?
We could hear people talking in the next room.
At the next set of lights, turn left.
I need the next size up.
The next time we will see each other will be on our wedding day.
Next time, please remember to bring your books to class.
She knew the answer as well as the next person.
Adverb
Next, I need to ask you a few questions about your family.
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Another superb backhand winner saved a break point in Sabalenka’s next service game after she had double-faulted and chucked her racket to the ground in frustration.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Voters will generally lock in their opinions about the economy by Labor Day before the midterm elections next year.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Who else is going to come out and look to bulk up this fall for whatever comes next?
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
So bouncing from one tone and genre to the next creates a whiplash effect, even though some of the episodes — that fourth one in particular — are quite good.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
Setting aside the brewing shutdown brawl, allowing the subsidies to go by the way side could also be politically untenable for certain vulnerable Republicans and tee up voter backlash in next year’s midterms.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Another superb backhand winner saved a break point in Sabalenka’s next service game after she had double-faulted and chucked her racket to the ground in frustration.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Preposition
Argentina’s opposition Peronist party won a resounding victory in a regional vote in Buenos Aires, a major blow for President Javier Milei and his radical agenda ahead of legislative elections next month.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Voters will generally lock in their opinions about the economy by Labor Day before the midterm elections next year.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
Levine will next be seen in Matt and Ross Duffer’s Netflix series Something Very Bad is Going to Happen.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Who else is going to come out and look to bulk up this fall for whatever comes next?
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Incoming Data There are still several weeks before the FOMC next meets, during that time there will be more data on the economy.
—Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
So bouncing from one tone and genre to the next creates a whiplash effect, even though some of the episodes — that fourth one in particular — are quite good.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Next.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/next. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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next
1 of 3 adjective
: coming immediately before or following
the next page
the house next to ours
next
2 of 3 preposition(ˈ)nekst
next
3 of 3 adverbˈnekst
1
: in the nearest time, place, or order following
open this package next
2
: at the first time to come after this
when next we meet
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