Tra từ next - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

next adjective, adverb, noun BrE [nekst] NAmE [nekst]
adjective only before noun
1. (usually with the)coming straight after sb/sth in time, order or space
• The next train to Baltimore is at ten.
• The next six months will be the hardest.
•the next chapter
•Who's next?
•the woman in the next room
•I fainted and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital.
• (informal)Round here, you leave school at sixteen and next thing you know, you're married with three kids.
2. (used without the)~ Monday, week, summer, year, etc. the Monday, week, etc. immediately following
• Next Thursday is 12 April.
•Next time I'll bring a book.
more at from one day to the next at ↑day, better luck next time at ↑luck _n.

Word Origin:
Old English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.

Thesaurus:
next adj. only before noun
•The next train to Baltimore will be at 12.20.
the following • • coming • • future • • later • |especially AmE upcoming • |formal subsequent • • forthcoming • • prospective •
Opp: last, Opp: past
the next/following month/decade/generation
the next event /future/later/upcoming/subsequent/forthcoming events
sb's next/future/later/upcoming/subsequent/forthcoming book/marriage

Which Word?:
next / nearest
(The) next means ‘after this/that one’ in time or in a series of events, places or people: ▪ When is your next appointment? ◇ ▪ Turn left at the next traffic lights. ◇ ▪ Who’s next? (The) nearest means ‘closest’ in space: ▪ Where’s the nearest supermarket?
Notice the difference between the prepositions nearest to and next to: ▪ Janet’s sitting nearest to the window ▪ (= of all the people in the room) ▪. ◇ ▪ Sarah’s sitting next to the window ▪ (= right beside it). In informal BrE nearest can be used instead of nearest to: ▪ Who’s sitting nearest the door?

Example Bank:
•I'm going away next month.
•Next time I'll bring a book.
•Round here, you leave school at sixteen and next thing you know, you're married with three kids.
•The next chapter deals with the post-war situation.
•The woman in the next room was talking in a very loud voice.
•Who's next?
Idiom: next man/woman/person

adverb
1. after sth else; then; afterwards
• What happened next?
• Next, I heard the sound of voices.
2. ~ best, biggest, most important, etc… (after/to sb/sth) following in the order mentioned
• Jo was the next oldest after Martin.
•The next best thing to flying is gliding.
3. used in questions to express surprise or confusion
•You're going bungee jumping? Whatever next?

Word Origin:
Old English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.

Language Bank:
first
Ordering your points
▪ This study has the following ▪ aims: first ▪, to investigate how international students in the UK use humour; second ▪, to examine how jokes can help to establish social relationships; and, third ▪, to explore the role that humour plays in helping overseas students adjust to life in the UK.
Let us begin by ▪ identifying some of the popular joke genres in the UK.
Next, let us turn to ▪ / Next, let us consider ▪ the question of gender differences in the use of humour.
Finally ▪ / Lastly ▪, let us briefly examine the role of humour in defining a nation's culture.
notes at ↑firstly, ↑lastly
Language Banks at ↑conclusion, ↑process

Language Bank:
process
Describing a process
▪ This diagram illustrates the process of ▪ paper-making. / This diagram shows how ▪ paper is made.
First ▪ / First of all ▪, logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.
Next ▪ / Second ▪, the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.
▪ Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables ▪ / allows ▪ the natural oils to ▪ be removed.
Once ▪ / After ▪ the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleached in order to ▪ remove impurities. /…is bleached so that ▪ impurities can ▪ be removed.
The next stage is to ▪ feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with water and then ▪ poured onto a wire conveyor belt.
As ▪ the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away. This causes ▪ the solid material to ▪ sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.
At this point ▪ the new paper is still wet, so ▪ it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water and simultaneously ▪ dry the paper. / …dry the paper at the same time ▪.
The final stage is to ▪ wind the paper onto large rolls. / Finally ▪, the paper is wound onto large rolls.
notes at ↑firstly, ↑lastly
Language Banks at ↑conclusion, ↑first

Example Bank:
•The next best thing to flying is gliding.

noun (usually the next)singular
a person or thing that is next
• One moment he wasn't there, the next he was.
•the week after next

Word Origin:
[next] Old English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.

Example Bank:
•One moment he wasn't there, the next he was.
•the week after next