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Definition: Next Of Kin |
Next Of KinNoun1. The person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Next Of Kin |
| English words defined with "next of kin": Weregild. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "next of kin": administrator durante animi vitio, administrator durante dementia ♦ formal probate ♦ probate in solemn form ♦ solemn form probate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Next of kin, unknown (American Ninja; writing credit: Gideon Amir; Paul De Mielche) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Next of Kin (1942) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Turkey | By law a detainee's next of kin must be notified as soon as possible after arrest; in criminal and civil cases this requirement is observed. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | In such cases, he may request the victim's next of kin to pardon the murderer--usually in return for compensation from the family or the King. (references) | |
Lebanon | The new law provides greater legal protection to suspects, including the right to a lawyer, to a medical examination, and to inform next of kin. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
next of kin | 44 |
next of kin movie | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "next of kin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kushëri i parë (first cousin, second cousin), i afërm (adjacent, agnate, allied, connection, connexion, familiar, family, fellow creature, folk, kin, kindred, kinsman, neighbor, neighbour, related, relation, relative, tribesman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قريب (adjacent, akin, approaching, close, cognate, connection, connexion, contiguous, impending, kin, kinsman, near, nearby, nearer, nigh, on familiar terms, propinquity, related, relational, relative, thereabout, thereabouts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nejbližší (immediate, proximate), příbuzní (family, folk, kin, kinsfolk, relatives). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pårørende (relative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | naaste verwanten, naaste familie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | plej proksimaj parencoj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | omaiiset, lähiomaiset, lähimmät sukulaiset. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nom et prénom de votre plus proche parent, famille. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nächster verwandte, nächste verwandte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλησιέστεροσ συγγενήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | legközelebbi hozzátartozó (next-of-kin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | nánustu ættingjar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keluarga terdekat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | pårørende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | extnay ofay inkay parente mais próximo. (various references) близкий родственник, близкие родственники. (various references) najbliži rođak. (various references) pariente más cercano, familiar más cercano. (various references) närmaste (immediate), närmast anhörig (next-of-kin). (various references) ญาติใกล้ชิ"มากที่สุ". (various references) en yakın akraba, aile (brood, domestic, family, kin, menage, relations, stirpes, stirps). (various references) cyfnesaf (kinsman, nearest, next). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | nabânazdishta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-k-n-n-o-t-x" | |
-3 letters: intone, nekton, toxine. | |
-4 letters: eikon, enoki, feint, knife, koine, niton, nonet, often, tenon, token, tonne, toxin, xenon. | |
-5 letters: exit, exon, fine, fink, fino, fixt, foin, font, ikon, info, into, keno, kent, keto, kief, kine, kino, kite, knit, knot, neif, neon, next, nine, nite, nixe, none, note, oink, oxen, tike, tine, toke, tone. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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