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Up next is Welshman Mark Phillips, an experienced foe with 60 pro bouts to his credit, as the next test for the revitalised Skeldon.

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  1. adjective Nearest in space or position; adjacent: the next room.
  2. adjective Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence: next week; the next item on the list.
  3. adverb In the time, order, or place nearest or immediately following: reading this book next; our next oldest child.

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  • Up next is Welshman Mark Phillips, an experienced foe with 60 pro bouts to his credit, as the next test for the revitalised Skeldon. —  Express & Star
  • And it's written that you'll have another husband very soon But I don't want another," said the lady Ah, my dear lady, so you'll say till you get him, but when he comes you'll be glad enough; so do you just get the first one out of your head as soon as you can, for the next will be the better one. —  The Gypsies
  • And 'tis at the last stage, for the next is the limit of the rules of the game. —  The Mississippi Bubble
  • One or more souls may temporarily leave the body, thereby causing illness Neither in this life nor the next are there virtuous or sinful souls, the only distinction being in regard to social standing and earthly possessions, and those who were well-to-do here are equally so there. —  Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917
  • The difference from one company to the next was amazing. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English nexte, from Old English nīehsta, nēhst, superlative of nēah, near.

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  1. from Middle English next, necst, nest, from Anglo-Saxon nēhst, ny¯hst, nēxt, neáhst = Old Saxon nāhist = OFries. nest = Old High German nāhōst, nāhist, Middle High German nāhest, næhest, næhst, nāst, näst, G. nähest = Swedish näst = Danish næst, next, nearest, nighest, superlative of neáh, nigh: see nigh, of which next is simply the older superlative. Cf. near, the older comparative of nigh.
  2. from Middle English nexte (also nest, later English dial. neest, Scots neist), from Anglo-Saxon nēxta, nēhsta, ny¯hsta (=Old Saxon nahisto = OFries. neste = Old High German nāhisto, Middle High German nāheste, næheste, næhst, German nähest, nächst = Swedish näst = Danish næst), next, nighest, from nēhst, adverb, superlative of neáh, nigh: see next, adv. Cf. nigh, adjective
 

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