Meaning

2 senses
  1. Closest blood relative, heir to inheritance.

    Lord Bentley has passed away; notify the next of kin.

    Shall we inform the next of kin of his passing?

    Angehöriger, Angehörige

    найбли́жчий ро́дичnajblýžčyj ródyč

  2. Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.

    Angehöriger

More definitions
  • the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The next of kin have been notified.

  2. The police will release the victim's name after they have notified his next of kin.

    ruПолиция раскроет имя жертвы после того, как известит ближайших родственников. — odexed

    deDie Polizei wird den Namen des Opfers nach Benachrichtigung der nächsten Angehörigen bekanntgeben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Someone should notify the next of kin.

  4. Tom listed Mary as his next of kin on his travel insurance application.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance:

Forms

plural: next of kin
Singularnext of kin
Pluralnext of kin

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Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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