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Next Of Kin

Definition: Next Of Kin

Next Of Kin

Noun

1. 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.
 


Synonyms within Context: Next Of Kin

ContextSynonyms 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.

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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 dementiaformal probateprobate in solemn formsolemn form probate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Next Of Kin

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: Next Of Kin

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Next Of Kin

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Next Of Kin

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

next of kin

44

next of kin movie

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Next Of Kin

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

   

Portuguese

  

parente mais próximo. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

близкий родственник, близкие родственники. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

najbliži rođak. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pariente más cercano, familiar más cercano. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

närmaste (immediate), närmast anhörig (next-of-kin). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ญาติใกล้ชิ"มากที่สุ". (various references)

   

Turkish

  

en yakın akraba, aile (brood, domestic, family, kin, menage, relations, stirpes, stirps). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cyfnesaf (kinsman, nearest, next). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Next Of Kin

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Avestan200-600

nabânazdishta. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Next Of Kin

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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