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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour. [1913 Webster] 3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order. [1913 Webster] None could tell whose turn should be the next. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant. [1913 Webster] The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. --Ruth ii. 20. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Next \Next\, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles. [1913 Webster] Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ. --Eph. ii. 13. [1913 Webster] Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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)}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: NEXT NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"