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next
English
Alternative forms
- neest (dialectal)
- neist (Scotland)
- nex (archaic)
- nex' (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English n?ehsta, n?ehste, etc., inflected forms of n?ehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of n?ah (“nigh, near”), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *n?hwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh +? -est. Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next”), German nächst (“next”), Danish næste (“next”), Swedish näst (“next”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Persian ???? (nazd, “near, with”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?kst, IPA(key): /n?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Adjective
next (not comparable)
- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.
- She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.
- (obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well:
- A prophet I, Madam; and I speak the truth the next way: [...]
- 1777, Francis Quarles, Emblems Divine and Moral: Together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, page 152, epigram 2:
- The road to resolution, lies by doubt:
- "The next way home's the farthest way about."
- 1623, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well:
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- Please turn to the next page.
- On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.
- 1676, Pietro Soave Polano, The History of the Council of Trent ..., page 689:
- The next day, which was the next before the Session, a General Congregation was held, [...]
- (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
- The man was driven by his love for money and his desire to become the next Bill Gates.
- (chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
- next friend
- 1628, Coke, On Littleton (10. a. 10. b. §2), quoted in 1890, John Bethell Uhle, Current Comment and Legal Miscellany, page 250:
- And if a man purchase land in fee simple and die without issue, he which is his next cousin collaterall of the whole blood, how farre so ever he be from him in degree, (de quel pluis long degree qu'il soit), may inherite and have the land ...
- 1793, William Peere Williams, Samuel Compton Cox, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735], De Term. S. Trin. 1731, page 602:
- Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...
- 1874, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, page 23:
- If it be a property, it is a new species, unknown to the civil law, the common law, and the statute law; there is no medium, it must be, if it goes to her next kin, because it is absolute property in her. There can be no distribution of personal property ...
Synonyms
- (nearest in order): See also Thesaurus:former or Thesaurus:subsequent
Antonyms
- previous
Derived terms
- next-day
Translations
Determiner
next
- Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
- Next week would be a good time to meet.
- I'll know better next time.
- (of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
- The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.
- When you say next Thursday, do you mean Thursday this week or Thursday next week?
See also
- last
- this
- this coming
- week (as in Saturday week)
Adverb
next (not comparable)
- In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
- They live in the next closest house.
- It's the next best thing to ice cream.
- (conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
- First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint.
- On the first subsequent occasion.
- Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
- When we next meet, you'll be married.
Antonyms
- previously
Translations
Preposition
next
- (obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
- 1900, The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices, translated by Walter Leaf (London, Macmillan), notes on line 558 of book 2:
- The fact that the line cannot be original is patent from the fact that Aias in the rest of the Iliad is not encamped next the Athenians […] .
- 1900, The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices, translated by Walter Leaf (London, Macmillan), notes on line 558 of book 2:
Translations
Noun
next (uncountable)
- The one that follows after this one.
- Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
- One moment she was there, the next she wasn't.
- The week after next
- 2007, Steve Cohen, Next Stop Hollywood (St. Martin's Griffin, ?ISBN):
- There is no time for lunch, hauling myself from one place to the next.
Translations
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?xt/
Noun
next m
- A bride price (among Kurds, customarily given to the family of the bride by the family of the groom)
Synonyms
- qelen
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nigh
English
Etymology
From Middle English neygh, nygh, nye, ny?, from Old English n?ah, n?h, from Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Cognate with Dutch na (“close, near”), German nah (“close, near, nearby”), Luxembourgish no (“nearby, near, close”). See also near.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Adjective
nigh (comparative nigher or more nigh, superlative nighest or most nigh)
- (archaic, poetic) near, close by
- a. 1831, Ludovico Ariosto, William Stewart Rose (translator), Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, page 185,
- He at his head took aim who stood most nigh;
- 1831, John Knox, The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, page 421,
- By these and many histories more, it is most evident, that the more nigh salvation and deliverance approach, the more vehement is temptation and trouble.
- 1834, Davy Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, page 197,
- The enemy, somewhat imboldened, draws nigher to the fort.
- 1889, House of Commons of Canada, Debates: Official Report, Volume 2, page 1408,
- You then went to St. Andrews, the nighest ocean port.
- a. 1831, Ludovico Ariosto, William Stewart Rose (translator), Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, page 185,
- Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
- Ye […] are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Usage notes
- Near was originally the comparative form of nigh; the superlative form was next. Nigh is used today mostly in archaic, poetic, or regional contexts.
Synonyms
- (near): close, near; see also Thesaurus:near
Derived terms
- nighen
- nighness
Related terms
Translations
Verb
nigh (third-person singular simple present nighs, present participle nighing, simple past and past participle nighed)
- (transitive, intransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
- 1924, Thomas Hardy, He Resolves to Say No More
- When the charnel-eyed Pale Horse has nighed
- 1924, Thomas Hardy, He Resolves to Say No More
Alternative forms
- ny (obsolete)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nigh.
Translations
Adverb
nigh (not comparable)
- Almost, nearly.
Usage notes
- Nigh is sometimes used as a combining form.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nigh.
Derived terms
Translations
Preposition
nigh
- near; close to
- 1661-5, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo Galilei, Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems, 1632
- When the Moon is horned […] is it not ever nigh the Sun?
- 1661-5, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo Galilei, Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems, 1632
Translations
Anagrams
- Hing, hing, inHg
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish nigid (“he washes”), from Proto-Indo-European *neyg?- (“to wash”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) /n???/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): (imperative) /n??i?/, (analytic past indicative) /n?i?/
Verb
nigh (present analytic níonn, future analytic nífidh, verbal noun ní, past participle nite)
- (transitive, intransitive) wash
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- "nigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish nigid (“he washes”), from Proto-Indo-European *neyg?- (“to wash”) (compare English nixie (“water sprite”), Ancient Greek ???? (níz?)).
Verb
nigh (past nigh, future nighidh, verbal noun nighe, past participle nighte)
- wash, cleanse, purify
- bathe
Inflection
Etymology 2
Noun
nigh f (genitive singular nighe)
- daughter
- niece
References
- “nigh” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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