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"Coming after this"

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4 lettersPronunciation /nɛkst/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted entxStarts with NEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Coming immediately after

Word origin

From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • I live in the next house to the Grand Hotel.

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