Definition: Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.
Definition: Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.
Definition: Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or
following in order.
Definition: Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation;
as, the next heir was an infant.
Definition: In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately
suceeding; as, this man follows next.