The Word is:”next”

next

/nɛkst/

adjective

adjective: next

1. (of a time) coming immediately after the time of writing or speaking.
“we’ll go to Corfu next year”
synonyms: following, succeeding, to come, upcoming

“we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter”

antonyms: previous, preceding

  • (of a day of the week) nearest (or the nearest but one) after the present.
    “not this Wednesday, next Wednesday”
    synonyms: following, succeeding, to come, upcoming
    “we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter”

    • antonyms: previous, preceding

  • (of an event) occurring directly after the present one in time, without anything of the same kind intervening.
    “campaigning for the next election”
    synonyms: following, succeeding, to come, upcoming
    “we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter”

    • antonyms: previous, preceding

    2. coming immediately after the present one in order, rank, or space.
    “the woman in the next room”
    synonyms: following, succeeding, to come, upcoming

    “we shall turn to this issue in the next chapter”

  • neighbouring, adjacent, adjoining, next-door, bordering, abutting;
    contiguous, connected, connecting, attached;
    closest, nearest, proximate
    “a brick wall separated the garden of the next house from ours”

    • antonyms: previous, preceding

    adverb

    adverb: next

    1. on the first or soonest occasion after the present; immediately afterwards.
    “he wondered what would happen next”
    synonyms: then, after this/that, following that/this, after, afterwards, after that time, later, at a later time, subsequently, at a subsequent time; formalthereafter, thereupon
    “people argued about where to go next”
    antonyms: before
    2. following in the specified order.
    “Jo was the next oldest after Martin”

    noun

    noun: next

    1. the next person or thing.
    “the week after next”

    determiner West Indian
    determiner: next

    1. another.
    “every year sales down by a next ten per cent again”

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