Next
Next adverb - At the time or occasion immediately following.
While later and next are semantically related In some cases you can use "While later" instead the word "Next" as an adjective or an adverb.
While later
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- following and next
- following and while later
- later and next
- later and while later
- subsequently and next
- subsequently and while later
- after and next
- after and while later
- subsequent and next
- subsequent and while later
- proximate and next
- proximate and while later
- successive and next
- successive and while later
Both terms in one sentence
- He then sees a young Cocoa who sits next to him while hugging Tippy, and her older sister Mocha can be seen as she leaves the bench a short while later.
Source: Flashback / Anime and Manga -
He then sees a young Cocoa who sits next to him while hugging Tippy, and her older sister can be seen as she leaves the bench a short while later.
Source: Manga / Is the Order a Rabbit? -
A short while later, everybody seems to have hiccups, and the next thing you know Mahiro is being pursued by everyone except Nyarko, who's herself trying to escape from an obsessed Luhy.
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