dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nex_MW.json

{
  "next":{
    "antonyms":[
      "antecedent",
      "foregoing",
      "precedent",
      "preceding",
      "previous",
      "prior"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any other considered hypothetically":[
        "knew it as well as the next man"
      ],
      ": immediately adjacent (as in place, rank, or time)":[],
      ": in the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding":[
        "next we drove home",
        "the next closest school"
      ],
      ": nearest or adjacent to":[],
      ": on the first occasion to come":[
        "when next we meet"
      ],
      ": one that is next":[
        "from one day to the next"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "I'll see you next Monday.",
      "Next year's party will be even better.",
      "the very next thing that happened",
      "Can I help the next person in line",
      "We could hear people talking in the next room.",
      "At the next set of lights, turn left.",
      "I need the next size up.",
      "The next time we will see each other will be on our wedding day.",
      "Next time , please remember to bring your books to class.",
      "She knew the answer as well as the next person .",
      "Adverb",
      "Next , I need to ask you a few questions about your family.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Within an immunocompromised person, the mutation process is accelerated because the virus has extended exposure to a weakened immune system, like a boxer practicing on a punching bag before their next fight. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "Submit questions or share your own tips in the next conversation, or check out some of our past discussions. \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
      "The court then evaluated the next three factors dealing with the risks associated with identifying the plaintiff. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 30 June 2022",
      "Israeli lawmakers voted Thursday to dissolve the parliament, known as the Knesset, and set Nov. 1 as the date for the next election. \u2014 Dov Lieber, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
      "New York Road Runners has appointed Xylem Projects founder and CEO Nnenna Lynch as the next chairwoman of its board of directors. \u2014 Beth Kowitt And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
      "Beyonc\u00e9 officially confirmed the arrival of her next album with a subtle social media cue. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
      "This is the next -generation Honda Accord, which is likely to arrive next year as a 2024 model. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 23 June 2022",
      "The unrivaled singer-songwriter even removed her profile picture on social media accounts, sending fans into a frenzy and guessing that her next album was soon to come. \u2014 Jaelani Turner-williams, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
      "The researchers next plan to crank up the whipping siphon pressure to trap and release more carbon monoxide with more smaller bubbles inside the foam. \u2014 Akila Muthukumar, STAT , 3 July 2022",
      "And there will be more opportunities next term, when the court will hear appeals on affirmative action in college admissions, religious freedom for business owners and federal election disputes. \u2014 Fox News , 2 July 2022",
      "Los Angeles, Denver and Dallas are the three next busiest terminals, each with over half a million passengers. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 29 June 2022",
      "Those include: when the loan next adjusts, what index the loan is tied to and what margin is added to that index to determine their rate. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "With inflation slowing, the central bank started to reverse its initial rate rise in early April, and is expected to bring its key rate close to its preinvasion rate Friday, when officials next meet to set policy. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 8 June 2022",
      "Wood stands to become an unrestricted free agent next offseason when his contract expires. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 13 June 2022",
      "And if the Maryland product does return to the team from the Circle City, then the Pacers will have the same considerations next offseason, but with a contract limit of $5.95 million. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
      "The Las Vegas Raiders will not exercise their option on running back Josh Jacobs\u2019 contract, the NFL team announced on Friday, which could make the former Alabama standout an unrestricted free agent next offseason. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Storz, who is in jail in Pike County, is next due in court for a preliminary hearing July 11 at 1:30 p.m. \u2014 Steve Almasy, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "Biden and most of his G-7 colleagues will next be in Madrid for a NATO summit. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "The Cornwall launch is up next for Virgin Orbit after the STP-S28A mission, presently scheduled for June 30 from Mojave Air and Space Port in California. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 24 June 2022",
      "He is scheduled to be in court next on June 17 for a hearing on the latest charge. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
      "The yearly list, which has featured rappers such as Kendrick Lamar, Chief Keef and Megan Thee Stallion in the early days of their careers, has become the gold standard for which artists are next up in its 15 year history. \u2014 Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc , 15 June 2022",
      "An expansion of the freight dock is up next , to be finished in 2027. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
      "Up next for Oliver is the four-part BBC drama Best Interests, about a family facing the impending loss of a loved one. \u2014 Dana Feldman, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "Selling Sunset and Summer House are up next with three nods apiece. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The numbers are higher globally: One-quarter of consumers intend to buy an EV next . \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Because the multi-racial categories are relatively new to the census and have changed since they were introduced, an apples-to-apples comparison of data collected from one census year to the next becomes complicated, if not impossible. \u2014 Hannah Drown, cleveland , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Your organization should have a plan for how to manage the alarm in the foreseeable future \u2014 in the new next . \u2014 Curtis Odom, Forbes , 7 June 2021",
      "For so many others, there is no longer a something-to-do- next . \u2014 Ai Weiwei, The Atlantic , 2 June 2020",
      "The liminal spaces that represent transitions between one point in time and the next are needed even more today, during turmoil and stay-at-home orders caused by the coronavirus, say proponents. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "On Thursday, one plane after the next was landing at an American Airlines facility in Tulsa. \u2014 David Gelles, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
      "In all, Guo received $32,000 in scholarships during the 2019 National Finals, and would currently be gearing up for her triumphant return to Mobile to crown the next Distinguished Young Woman of America. \u2014 Michael Dumas, al , 26 Apr. 2020",
      "Bennington will be in federal custody until his next scheduled court appearance on Thursday. \u2014 Andrew Blankstein, NBC News , 22 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English n\u012behst , superlative of n\u0113ah nigh \u2014 more at nigh":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nekst"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "coming",
      "ensuing",
      "following",
      "succeeding"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233434",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "preposition"
    ]
  },
  "next of kin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one or more persons in the nearest degree of relationship to another person":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162809",
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ]
  },
  "next to":{
    "antonyms":[
      "about",
      "all but",
      "almost",
      "borderline",
      "fair",
      "fairly",
      "feckly",
      "more or less",
      "most",
      "much",
      "near",
      "nearly",
      "nigh",
      "practically",
      "somewhere",
      "virtually",
      "well-nigh"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": immediately following or adjacent to":[],
      ": in comparison to":[
        "next to you I'm wealthy"
      ],
      ": very nearly : almost":[
        "it was next to impossible to see in the fog"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Preposition",
      "enjoys living next to the ocean",
      "next to the war, the flagging economy was the biggest campaign issue",
      "Adverb",
      "bought it for next to nothing"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition",
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "about",
      "around",
      "by",
      "near",
      "nigh"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015430",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "preposition"
    ]
  },
  "next to last":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in such time or order that only one person or thing comes after":[
        "We were next to last in line.",
        "I was the next to last person in line.",
        "He finished next to last in the race.",
        "the next to last day of our vacation"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084129",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "next to nothing":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": very little":[
        "I've had next to nothing to eat.",
        "We know next to nothing about our ancestors.",
        "It costs next to nothing .",
        "They did next to nothing to help their neighbors.",
        "The dancers were wearing next to nothing ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1606, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214909",
    "type":[
      "idiomatic phrase"
    ]
  },
  "next ways":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": by the shortest way or route : directly":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "irregular (influenced by the ways in a good ways, a great ways ) from the phrase obsolete English next way nearest way":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211932",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "next-door":{
    "antonyms":[
      "away",
      "deep",
      "distant",
      "far",
      "faraway",
      "far-off",
      "remote"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": next to":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "He bought the house next door .",
      "I'll be staying in the room next door .",
      "Canada is right next door to the U.S.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "At the clinic next door , called the Women\u2019s Health Center of West Virginia, executive director Katie Quinonez has her doubts about such statements. \u2014 Kimberlee Kruesi And Leah Willingham, Anchorage Daily News , 27 June 2022",
      "The money comes from several sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon And Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "The money comes from 37 different sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon And Curt Anderson, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "The money comes from several sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. \u2014 CBS News , 23 June 2022",
      "The money comes from 37 different sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms, and a luxury condominium whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon And Curt Anderson, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "In late 2019, Laney and Walker began hunting for a new home at the same time the house next door to the Coopers' came up for sale. \u2014 Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Stay at the hotel next door , InterContinental The Clement Monterey. \u2014 Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
      "The real goal, beyond beautifying your house, is to create at the very least a cordial relationship with the people next door . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "1744, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8neks(t)-\u02c8d\u022fr",
      "\u02c8neks-\u02c8d\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "close",
      "close-up",
      "immediate",
      "near",
      "nearby",
      "neighboring",
      "nigh",
      "proximate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004008",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "next-level":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": surpassing others : uncommonly good or impressive":[
        "But even though I love complaints and complainers, even though I am still technically a next-level complainer myself, a complainer who can elevate her complaints to a kind of art form \u2026",
        "\u2014 Heather Havrilesky",
        "It's a testament to how good our coaches are at developing next-level players that we kind of expect we could lose a couple players to the Olympics.",
        "\u2014 Sydney Baldwin"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1995, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nekst-\u02ccle-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140048",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "nextly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the next place : so as to be or come next":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030927",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "nexum":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a formal contract of loan with coin and balance in the presence of five witnesses under which the obligor could be seized and held in bondage for failure to perform":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from neuter of nexus , past participle of nectere to bind":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8neks\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130037",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nexus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a connected group or series":[
        "a nexus of theories",
        "a nexus of relationships"
      ],
      ": center , focus":[
        "The bookstore has become something of a nexus for the downtown neighborhood.",
        "\u2014 Jane Smiley"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships",
      "as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cognac, bourbon and rum with brown butter and boniato, two ingredients that nod to a dessert Yao served in the old space, transform into a clear milk punch that sits at the nexus of sweet and savory. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "The Stretch Ozonic lives at the nexus of price, performance, durability, and light weight. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "By the early years of the 20th century, Haiti sat at the nexus of multiple American interests. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Margarita Simonyan, head of the Rossiya Segodnya media conglomerate, which includes the English-language RT network, sits at the nexus of Russia\u2019s information policy. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 May 2022",
      "At the nexus of Influencer and Extreme Fitness Bro lies Brian Johnson, a man who drags unholy amounts of weight through the Texas woods. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
      "Not to mention a whole other scary side effect in the nexus of diet and wellness: the rise of an eating disorder called orthorexia. \u2014 Amy Larocca, Town & Country , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Manchester United plays a particular role in this evolving nexus of sport and international affairs. \u2014 Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, CNN , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "But eventually people in this nexus of working-class immigrant neighborhoods piled back on the trains. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from nectere to bind":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nek-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "catena",
      "catenation",
      "chain",
      "concatenation",
      "consecution",
      "progression",
      "sequence",
      "string",
      "train"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232637",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "next best":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044257"
  },
  "next friend":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person admitted to or appointed by a court to act for the benefit of a person (such as an infant) lacking full legal capacity":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003050"
  }
}