[next] adj [ME, fr. OE niehst, superl. of neah nigh--more at nigh] (bef. 12c) 1: immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)
2: any other considered hypothetically "knew it as well as the ~ man"
[2]next prep (bef. 12c): nearest or adjacent to [3]next adv (14c) 1: in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding "~ we drove home" "the ~ closest school"
2: on the first occasion to come "when ~ we meet"