Dictionary Entry
next
next is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
- 2superlative
Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
- 3superlative
Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
- 4superlative
Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.
- 5adverb
In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.
- 6adjective
immediately following in time or order
"the following day"
"next in line"
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- 7adjective
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
"had adjacent rooms"
"in the next room"
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- 8adjective
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
"our next president"
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- 9adverb
at the time or occasion immediately following
"next the doctor examined his back"
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