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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
adjacent, adjoining, after, after all, after that, afterward, afterwards, appendant, behind, below, bordering, by, closest, coming, connecting, consequent, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, ensuing, ex post facto, face to face, following, immediate, in the aftermath, in the sequel, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, later, nearest, nearmost, neighbor, neighboring, nighest, posterior, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, sequacious, sequent, sequential, since, subsequent, subsequent to, subsequently, succeeding, successive, suffixed, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith
Dictionary Results for next:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
next
    adv 1: at the time or occasion immediately following; "next the
           doctor examined his back"
    adj 1: immediately following in time or order; "the following
           day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next
           item on the list" [syn: following, next]
    2: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without
       intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room";
       "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by
       side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side(p)]
    3: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
       president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Next \Next\ (n[e^]kst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. n[=e]hst,
   ni['e]hst, n[=y]hst, superl. of ne['a]h nigh. See Nigh.]
   1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
      --Chaucer.
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            Her princely guest
            Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden.
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            Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
                                                  --Bunyan.
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   2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
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   3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following
      in order.
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            None could tell whose turn should be the next.
                                                  --Gay.
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   4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as,
      the next heir was an infant.
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            The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next
            kinsmen.                              --Ruth ii. 20.
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   Note: Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to
         is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered
         by many grammarians as a preposition.
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   Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married
      woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a
      suit at law.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Next \Next\, adv.
   In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
   succeeding; as, this man follows next.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. Nigher (n[imac]"[~e]r);
   superl. Nighest, or Next (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh,
   neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h,
   a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in
   comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. Near,
   Neighbor, Next.]
   1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
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            The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
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   2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
      closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles.
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            Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
                                                  --Eph. ii. 13.
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   Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
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5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
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