0 being the first one after the present one or after the one just mentioned: --
Nothing really changes around here. One day is pretty much like the next.
(The) next time you want to borrow something, please ask me first.
I'm so busy it's hard to remember what I'm supposed to be doing from one minute to the next.
She's away for the next few days.
You'll have to wait until your next birthday for a new bike.
We had a big argument, but he called me the next day (= the day after) to apologize.
Excuse me, it's my turn - I was next.
1 immediately after: --
So what happened next?
What would you like next?
[ + -ing verb ] When are you next going to Toronto?
There was a really strange man standing next to me at the train station.
Cheese is my favourite food and, next to that, chocolate. (= Cheese is the only food that I like more than chocolate.)
They pay me next to nothing (= very little) but I really enjoy the work.
It's next to impossible (= extremely difficult) to find somewhere cheap to live around here.
Next up is the latest news from the presidential campaign .
2 being the first one after the present one or after the one just mentioned, or being the first after the present moment: --
3 immediately following in time: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.