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/nɛkst/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

    had adjacent rooms

  2. adjective

    (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

    our next president

  3. adjective

    immediately following in time or order

    the following day

  4. adjective

    (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment

    not this Saturday, next Saturday

  5. adverb

    at the time or occasion immediately following

    next the doctor examined his back

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