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   Next (nĕkst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. nēhst, niéhst, nȳhst, superl. of neáh 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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   ☞ 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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   Next, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, “this man follows next”.
   
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