Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

    The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.

    She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.

    nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

  2. (not comparable)Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

    Please turn to the next page.

    On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.

    nächster

    сле́дующийslédujuščij, бу́дущийbúduščij

    насту́пнийnastúpnyj, майбу́тнійmajbútnij

    immediately following in time or order

  3. (not comparable)Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)

    next friend

    nächster

    ближа́йшийbližájšij, сосе́днийsosédnij

  4. Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

    (not comparable, obsolete)Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.

    nächster

    сле́дующийslédujuščij, бу́дущийbúduščij, гряду́щийgrjadúščij

Examples

10308 sentences

  1. I will come earlier next time.

    У наступний раз я прийду раніше. — rmdas

    ruВ следующий раз приду пораньше. — marafon

    deNächstes Mal werde ich früher kommen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. How about playing tennis next Saturday?

    Як щодо того, щоб пограти у теніс наступної суботи? — deniko

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  3. I will be busy next week.

    Наступного тижня я буду зайнятий. — deniko

    ruНа следующей неделе я буду занят. — odexed

    deNächste Woche bin ich beschäftigt. — Esperantostern

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  4. I looked into the next room.

    Я зазирнув до наступної кімнати. — deniko

    ruЯ заглянул в соседнюю комнату. — Lenin_1917

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  5. Nobody knows what will happen next.

    Ніхто не знає, що трапиться далі. — brambury

    ruНикто не знает, что будет дальше. — marafon

    deNiemand weiß, was demnächst geschehen wird. — Manfredo

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
following in a sequence:
Русский
By meaning 2
nearest date, time, space or order:
being closer to the present location than all other items:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
nearest date, time, space or order:

Origin

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflect

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
subsequent
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
previousB1

Collocations

12 patterns
  • next week
  • next monday
  • next year
  • next month
  • next weekend
  • next summer
  • sit next to
  • next time
  • until next monday
  • until next
  • the next room
  • sit next

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
newsworthyB2newtnewtonnexusnibnibble

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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