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Adjective

1. {{l|en|nearest|Nearest}} in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; {{l|en|adjoining}}.
2. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately {{l|en|following}} (or sometimes {{l|en|preceding}}) in order.
3. {{lb|en|chiefly|law}} [[nearest|Nearest]] in [[relationship]]. {{q|See also {{m|en|next of kin}}.}}

Determiner

1. {{n-g|Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.}}
2. {{lb|en|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.

Adverb

1. In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
2. On the first [[subsequent]] occasion.

Preposition

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|or|poetic}} On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; [[next to]].

Noun

1. The one that follows after this one.
2. {{lb|en|gaming}} Next match

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