next
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1.0
- adjective
- /nɛkst/
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próximo
- What time is the next train to London?
- next year
- the next step
- the next generation
She's going to give birth to the next royal member.
- She's going to give birth to the next royal member.
- And I was always chasing the next big thing.
- I'll be in Denver next month at their MUFON.
- You're going to Periscope for the next hour, Matt.
- We've done the CIA, now comes the next one, comes the FBI.
- I honestly don't know what the next step is.
- I think setters, setters get replaced in the next year or two.
- What I meant was once you found the next thing, you accelerated.
Examples
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So we'll see you in our next excursion.
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All right, we'll see you next week, in fact.
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I will see you in my next video.
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And what do you see over the next few months?
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Just think next time before you say something like that.
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Once an online curriculum had been established, the next step was to have an online assessment.
Academic text (2013) -
The forum serves to transfer knowledge to the next generation of people and projects.
Academic text (2011) -
They want me to leave next week.
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I honestly don't know what the next step is.
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I will see you in my next video.
Synonyms
171
4.4
Happening after something else in time
Next in order or time, often about to be mentioned
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
1
9.9
A person who speaks for a child or someone who cannot act for themselves in court
- Offensive
A person hoping to become very successful in tech by copying a famous social media founder
Surface Forms
Etymology
Next comes from an old English word that meant 'near', the same root as near plus the ending -est, so it originally meant 'nearest' in time or order. That's why next describes the person or time that comes immediately after the present one.