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[nekst] / nɛkst /

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coming immediately after in space, time, order adj.
immediately after in time, space, order adv.

ADJECTIVE

coming immediately after in space, time, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

abutting adjacent adjoining after alongside attached back-to-back beside close closest coming consequent coterminous ensuing following hard by meeting nearest neighboring on the side proximate side-by-side subsequent succeeding touching

Antonyms

WEAK

earlier preceding previous

ADVERB

immediately after in time, space, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afterward later

WEAK

after afterwhile behind by and by closely coming up following latterly next off subsequently thereafter

Antonyms

WEAK

earlier preceding previous

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Over the next several years, the researchers plan to use the same technique to study galaxies from even earlier periods.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

For Carmel McConnellogue, her next recovery goal is to be able to go to watch a football game.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

And next year, they’ll face the steepest increase in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

He said Cash App was developing Tags before TikTok magic-wand videos went mainstream, as the company was looking for ways to take the unique characteristics of the Cash App debit card “to the next level.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

For the next twenty minutes, we talk and banter, and I decide that Candie might be a chill person.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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