Universal Dependencies - English - GENTLE

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next

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Alternative forms

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neest (dialectal)

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neist (Scotland)

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nex (archaic)

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nex' (dialectal)

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Etymology

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From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh, near”), corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (“nearest, closest”); equivalent to nigh + -est.

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Cognate with Saterland Frisian naist (“next”), Dutch naast (“next”), German nächst (“next”), Danish næste (“next”), Swedish näst (“next”), Icelandic næst (“next”), Persian نزد (nazd, “near, with”).

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Pronunciation

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enPR: nĕ kst, IPA (key): / nɛkst /

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Audio (US)

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Rhymes: -ɛkst

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Adjective

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next (not comparable)

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Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

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The man in the next bunk kept me awake all night with his snoring.

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She lives a mile or two away, in the next village.

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(obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.

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Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

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Please turn to the next page.

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On Wednesday next, I'm going to Spain.

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the next chapter; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter

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The man was driven by his love for money and his desire to become the next Bill Gates.

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(chiefly law) Nearest in relationship.

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(See also next of kin.)

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next friend

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Usage notes

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Near was originally the comparative form of nigh; the superlative form was next.

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Nigh is used today mostly in archaic, poetic, or regional contexts.

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Synonyms

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(nearest in order): See also Thesaurus: former or Thesaurus: subsequent

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Antonyms

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previous

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Derived terms

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next - day

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Determiner

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next

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Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.

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Next week would be a good time to meet.

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I'll know better next time.

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(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.

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The party is next Tuesday; that is, not tomorrow, but eight days from now.

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When you say next Thursday, do you mean Thursday this week or Thursday next week?

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See also

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last

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this

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this coming

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week (as in Saturday week)

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Adverb

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next (not comparable)

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In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.

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They live in the next closest house.

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It's the next best thing to ice cream.

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(conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.

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First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint.

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On the first subsequent occasion.

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Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots.

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What comes next?

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When we next meet, you'll be married.

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Antonyms

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previously

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Preposition

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next

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(obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

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Noun

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next (uncountable)

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The one that follows after this one.

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Next, please, don't hold up the queue!

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One moment she was there, the next she wasn't.

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The week after next

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school

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Pronunciation

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enPR: sko͞ol, IPA(key): / skuːl /

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Audio (Received Pronunciation)

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Rhymes: -uːl

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”).

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Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.

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Alternative forms

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skull (obsolete)

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Noun

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school (1) of fish.

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school (plural schools)

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(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

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The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.

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A multitude.

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(fish): shoal

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Verb

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school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

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(intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.

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Etymology 2

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Elementary school

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From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Proto-Germanic *skōla (“school”), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (skholeîon), from σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”).

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Doublet of schola and shul.

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Compare Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), German Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”).

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Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band”).