again


Definition: Meaning of, again in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / əˈɡɛn;əˈɡeɪn /

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  1. one more time - used when something has happened or been done before
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  2. back to the same state or situation that you were in before
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  3. all over again if you do something all over again, you repeat it from the beginning
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  4. as much/as many/the same again the same amount or number as you have just had, said etc
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  5. spoken used to give a fact or opinion that explains or adds to something you have just said
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  6. then/there again spoken used to introduce an idea or fact that is different from something you have just said, or makes it seem less likely to be true
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  7. again and again/time and (time) again/over and over again very often - used in order to show disapproval
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  8. spoken used when you want someone to repeat information that they have already given you
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again used in phrases

  • again and again (adverb)
    1. repeatedly
  • born-again (adjective)
    1. born-again Christian someone who has become an EVANGELICAL Christian
    2. born-again non-smoker/vegetarian etc informal someone who has recently stopped smoking, eating meat etc, and who is always talking about it and suggesting that other people do the same
  • born-again Christian (noun)
    1. a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus
  • come again
    1. indicates incomprehension, a request to repeat for clarification
  • fill again (verb)
    1. fill something that had previously been emptied
  • never again (adverb)
    1. at no time hereafter
  • now and again (adverb)
    1. at infrequent or irregular intervals
  • once again (adverb)
    1. another time, repeating
  • over again (adverb)
    1. another time, repeating
  • over and over again (adverb)
    1. repeatedly
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