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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adv. beside, nearest; after, later. —adj. adjacent, adjoining, bordering, contiguous; following, ensuing, succeeding, successive. See sequence, futurity. Ant., preceding.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Following in order]
Syn. succeeding, subsequent, ensuing, attendant; see following .
2. [Adjacent]
Syn. next to, beside, close, alongside, on one side, on the side, adjoining, neighboring, meeting, hard by, touching, cheek by jowl, side by side, coterminous, attached, abutting, next-door, back to back, to the left, to the right; see also bordering , contiguous , near 1 .
get next to*,
Syn. become friendly with, befriend, join the company of; see associate 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) adv.
following, succeeding, successively, ensuing, later, upcoming, coming up, *on the horizon.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Sharing a common boundary: adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, contiguous. See NEAR. 2. Occurring right after another: coming, following. See PRECEDE, TIME. II adverb At a subsequent time: after, afterward, afterwards, later, latterly, subsequently, ulteriorly. Idioms: after a while, by and by, later on. See PRECEDE.

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