Meaning

2 senses

  1. Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.

    Next week would be a good time to meet.

    I'll know better next time.

  2. Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

    The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.

    When you say next Thursday, do you mean Thursday this week or Thursday next week?

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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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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Forms

Word family

4 related words
RelatedlastA2thisA1weekA1this coming

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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