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next
Adjective
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The next thing is the one after this one.
I saw her again the next day.
The advances in technology will be amazing in the next decade or so.
When this is completed, the next step will be to edit everything carefully.
She plans to leave the company in the next two years.
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The next place is the one beside, or on the other side of this one.
No, this is number 12, number 14 is the next house.
Be quiet, the children are sleeping in the next room.
next
Adverb
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After something in order.
Next, we have the 6:00 news.
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The time after this one.
The woman was next seen in the office 4 days later.
It was performed next the following year.
next
Preposition
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Beside something
She stood next to the window.
next
Determiner
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Next week, month, year, etc. is the one that follows this one.
I'll see you again next week.
quarter
Noun
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A quarter is one fourth math(1/4)/math of something.
The lake was about a quarter mile from town.
About a quarter of the students came from outside the United States.
There's an old house three quarters of the way up that mountain.
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A quarter is a unit of money worth 25 cents in the United States and Canada.
Can you give me four quarters for this dollar?
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A quarter is a period of three months, especially in business.
Sales were down 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year.
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A quarter is one of four a periods of time, especially in sports.
He threw four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter leading to a 38-28 win.
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A quarter is one section of a city.
The bar was in New Orleans' French quarter.
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Quarters are the places where people live.
After training, we returned to our quarters to get changed.
quarter
Verb
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If you quarter something, you make it into four equal pieces.
Using a sharp knife, quarter the apple.
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If you quarter somebody somewhere, you give them a place to stay.
We were quartered in Vienna during the job.