Meaning : Immediately following in time or order.
Example :
The following day.
Next in line.
The next president.
The next item on the list.
Synonyms : following
Translation in other languages :
Meaning : Nearest in space or position. Immediately adjoining without intervening space.
Example :
Had adjacent rooms.
In the next room.
The person sitting next to me.
Our rooms were side by side.
Synonyms : adjacent, side by side
Meaning : (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving.
Example :
Our next president.
Synonyms : future, succeeding
Meaning : (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment.
Example :
Not this Saturday, next Saturday.
On Tuesday next.
Meaning : At the time or occasion immediately following.
Example :
Next the doctor examined his back.