Meaning of 次いで in Japanese

Definition of 次いで

ついで(tsuide) 【次いで】

(adv, conj) next; secondly; subsequently
それは教育に次いで大きな問題だ。
That is the principle problem next to education.

あいついで(aitsuide) 【相次いで】

(adv) one after the other; successively
私の計画は相次いで失敗した。
My plan failed time after time.

Suicides of high school students as a result of bullying continued one after another.

それは教育きょういくに次いでついで大きなおおきな問題もんだいだ。

That is the principle problem next to education.

Some scientists think that dolphins are the most intelligent animals in the world except for man, and that we may be able to talk with them one day.

アマゾン川は、ナイル川かわに次いで世界せかいで二番目にばんめに長いながい川かわだ。

The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.