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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·superl Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

II. Next ·superl Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

III. Next ·superl Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.

IV. Next ·adv In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately suceeding; as, this man follows next.

V. Next ·superl Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an Infant.