(chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
(obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
adv
(conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
On the first subsequent occasion.
det
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
noun
The one that follows after this one.
prep
(obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.