next
What is the Definition of next?
Adjective:
- immediately following in time or order
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
- (of elected officers)
- (of a day of the week)
- or nearest but one
Adverb:
- at the time or occasion immediately following
How can I use next in a sentence?
He brought the umbrella swishing down through the air to point at Dudley — there was a flash of violet light, a sound like a firecracker, a sharp squeal, and the next second, Dudley was dancing on the spot with his hands clasped over his fat bottom, howling in pain.
One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley.
Nevertheless, Harry, while you may only have delayed his return to power, it will merely take someone else who is prepared to fight what seems a losing battle next time — and if he is delayed again, and again, why, he may never return to power.
That is what I said, but Dumbledore thinks that — what was it? — ‘to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.' I always said he was off his rocker, said Ron, looking quite impressed at how crazy his hero was.
Up in the air, Snape turned on his broomstick just in time to see something scarlet shoot past him, missing him by inches — the next second, Harry had pulled out of the dive, his arm raised in triumph, the Snitch clasped in his hand.
Other meanings of next (synonyms, cognates).
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