next in order

ADJECTIVE

second

Synonyms

STRONG

alternative double duplicate extra following further inferior lower place repeated reproduction runner-up secondary succeeding supporting twin

WEAK

additional another lesser other subsequent unimportant

Antonyms

STRONG

first-class first-rate important superior

ADJECTIVE

succeeding/successive

Synonyms

WEAK

alternating consecutive ensuing following after in a row in line next next in line for next off next up rotating sequent sequential serial seriate subsequent subsequential succedent successional

Antonyms

WEAK

antecedent antedating preceding previous

ADVERB

secondly

Synonyms

STRONG

second

WEAK

along with also as well besides further furthermore including next on the other hand to continue

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There are six new areas where it can track or take down drones, including working to protect the president, vice president “or other officer immediately next in order of succession.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2018

Palantir watches everything you do and predicts what you will do next in order to stop it.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2017

Coming next in order of writing after effervescent, exuberant Pride and Prejudice, it can seem a bit like sobering up.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2017

She found out what they must do next in order to reach home safely.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

I know not how much of originality or importance may be attributed by subsequent students of the subject to the step next in order in this series of approximations.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

next in order

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