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1.0
Immediately after that
  • adverb
  • /nɛkst/
translation icon : a continuación
  • And until next time, until next time, bye guys, bye.
  • happens next
  • comes next
  • presented next

What is going to happen next in this chaotic town?

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • with good food and I'll see you next time. Bye.

  • Get the game, but until next time guys, bye.

  • And as always, until next time, thank you for listening.

  • Make sure you subscribe and until next time, bye everyone.

  • Next, we're going to be doing some...

  • So plans can be made and insights into what needs to happen next are defined.

    Academic text (2011)
  • What is going to happen next in this chaotic town?

  • It is what will happen next, what will come out of it all.

  • If your script makes us want to see what happens next to the protagonist, that's enough.

    Academic text (2011)
  • After finishing dinner, we headed to the living room to see what would happen next.

Synonyms

afterward
vsnext
  • US
204 1.1

At a later time

happens right away when the prior event ends rather than later
subsequently
vsnext
  • Formal
113 4.8

After something else happens

happens at the occasion immediately following the previous event

Antonyms

625 1.1

At an earlier time than now or the time mentioned

575 1.0

In front of people or things

Idioms

Like most people do

1 4.1

A friendly phrase that wishes someone more success next time

Two very different things happen quickly one after the other

To the same degree as anyone else

To hit or shock someone so they feel dazed

8.1

To say that someone feels like most other people

9.8

Say that you feel or want something like most other women

8.2

Something happens suddenly before you notice

Compounds

511 1.0

At the house or apartment right beside yours

next-level
  • Informal
79 6.3

Better than what is normal or expected

52 3.5

A close family member to contact if someone dies or is very ill

4 5.1

The one before the last in a series

next fix
  • NSFW
3 9.9

The next dose of an addictive drug that a person badly wants

next friend
  • Formal
1 9.9

A person who speaks for a child or someone who cannot act for themselves in court

One week after next Tuesday

9.1

A person hoping to become very successful in tech by copying a famous social media founder

How Soon

next
1.0
subsequent
171 4.4
later
1.0

Surface Forms

next positive

Etymology

Next comes from an old English word that meant 'near' together with the ending -est, so it came to mean 'nearest' in time. That's why when we say next we mean the thing that happens immediately afterwards or 'right after' in order.