What is Your definition of next?

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Main Entry: next
Pronunciation: 'nekst
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nIehst, superlative of nEah nigh -- more at NIGH

immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)



What is Your definition of next?

When someone says to you I will see you next weekend, What do they mean? The one coming up or the following weekend?

I seem to have this ongoing disagreement with my DW and I am now at the point where I avoid the use of the word "next".

I just think this might be a good topic to get some new activity going on in here.

So what is your thougts on the word "Next"?


I keep thinking of what they say at a bakery..."next please" do they mean they want to skip the following person to get to the next one?
:cry:

[Crys]

...next means the first one coming up. Unless you say "I'm doing X this weekend, and Y the next". It means the future-adjacent weekend to your last point of reference...

[keith]

Originally Posted by Crys

...next means the first one coming up. Unless you say "I'm doing X this weekend, and Y the next". It means the future-adjacent weekend to your last point of reference...

What she said.

Regards,
Keith