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Word for "item after next"

English Language & Usage Asked by user116295 on December 19, 2020

When I was making a PowerPoint presentation I was directing the reader to the slide after the next one when I realised it sounded incredibly clunky and if there was a specific word for that concept, in the vein of penultimate. This could also be used for items in a list. Example sentence:

To discover how I coded this program please consult the _______ slide.

6 Answers

On a different forum someone offered "Postproximate" in response to a similar request. The word doesn't exist right now, but hey, you never know, it might catch on.

Answered by Ricky on December 19, 2020

"Subsequent" means "to follow" and is commonly used in cases like your example:

"To discover how I coded this program please consult the subsequent slide."

Definition and origin from MW-O:

"following in time, order, or place"

  • subsequent events
  • a subsequent clause in the treaty

Origin of SUBSEQUENT

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin subsequent-, subsequens, present participle of subsequi to follow close, from sub- near + sequi to follow — more at sub-, sue First Known Use: 15th century

Answered by Kristina Lopez on December 19, 2020

How about "...the second slide following." Truthfully, not every meaning can be captured in a single word.

Answered by storypeddler on December 19, 2020

In computer science, I think next next is somewhat common, but I don't think it's really used in other applications. However, that might be the most succinct term. Using it for your example, you'd get:

To discover how I coded this program please consult the next-next slide.

Other sites seem to uniformly use the form X after the next. For example:

To discover how I coded this program please consult the slide after the next.

I know this isn't a single word, but seems to be the most accepted usage.

Answered by Zack on December 19, 2020

Once again, not a single word, but baseball fans refer to the next batter as "on deck" and the following batter as "in the hole."

Answered by David Rubenstein on December 19, 2020

I would use "refer" rather than "consult", but either is okay.

To discover how I coded this program please refer to the 2nd slide over.

To discover how I coded this program please refer to the slide after next.

Answered by user398164 on December 19, 2020

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