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adjective
- immediately following in time or order"the following day"
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space"had adjacent rooms"
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving"our next president"
- (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment"not this Saturday, next Saturday"
adverb
- at the time or occasion immediately following"next the doctor examined his back"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).