Definition: immediately following in time or order
Usage: the following day; next in line; the next president; the next item on the list
Main entry: next, adjacent, side by side
Definition: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Usage: had adjacent rooms; in the next room; the person sitting next to me; our rooms were side by side
Main entry: succeeding, future, next
Definition: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
Usage: our next president
Main entry: next
Definition: at the time or occasion immediately following
Usage: next the doctor examined his back