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adverb

once more; another time; anew; in addition: Will you lot spell your name once more, delight?

in an boosted instance or example; moreover; as well; furthermore.

on the other mitt: Information technology might happen, and once again it might not.

dorsum; in return; in reply: to answer over again.

to the same identify or person: to render again.

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Idioms most again

again and again, with frequent repetition; frequently: They went over the same arguments again and again.

as much again, twice as much: She earns as much over again as I do.

Origin of again

before 900; Heart English agayn, ageyn, Former English ongegn opposite (to), equivalent to on on, in (come across a-^ane) + gegn straight; cognate with Old Loftier German ingagan, Old Norse igegn

how to pronounce again

By far the nearly mutual pronunciation of again, in all parts of the United States, is [uh-gen], /əˈgɛn/, with the same vowel heard in nonetheless and pep. The pronunciation [uh-geyn], /əˈgeɪn/, rhyming with hurting, occurs chiefly in the Atlantic states. Again said as [uh-gin], /əˈgɪn/, with the vowel of pit or sip, or with a vowel somewhere betwixt [e] /ɛ/ and [i], /ɪ/, is the common pronunciation in much of the South, where [e] /ɛ/ and [i] /ɪ/ tend to get neutralized, or more similar one another, before [thousand] /m/ and [n], /n/, leading to a lack of noticeable distinction between such pairs as pen and pin, ten and tin.

Words nearby again

ag, aga, Agabus, Agadir, Agag, again, once more and over again, against, confronting all odds, against one'due south ameliorate judgment, against i'due south will

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Words related to again

anew, over, repeatedly, also, further, then, afresh, anon, bis, by and by, come up once more, encore, freshly, newly, over and over, recurrently, additionally, besides, furthermore, moreover

How to apply once again in a sentence

• Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his domicile to board a steamboat and was never heard from once again.

• Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more than similar splitting hairs, simply the difference is of import.

• And then they came upwardly once against a constabulary patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more than shooting, without injuries.

• At a printing conference today with Scalise, Speaker Boehner again dedicated him.

• We take enough time off in betwixt so that our batteries get recharged and we get inspired again.

• Each solar day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put information technology off again.

• And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to exist kept out of it.

• Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

• "Ameliorate and then," was the Senora's sole respond; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought near the hidden treasure.

• Before the outlaw can comply with this small-scale request the horn sounds once more.

British Dictionary definitions for over again

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adverb

another or second time; once more; anew he had to start again

once more in a previously experienced or encountered identify, state, or condition he is ill once again; he came dorsum again

in improver to the original corporeality, quantity, etc (esp in the phrases as much again; half equally much again)

(sentence modifier) on the other hand he might come and then over again he might non

likewise; also she is beautiful and, again, intelligent

archaic in answer; back he answered again to the questioning voice

again and once more continuously; repeatedly

(used with a negative) Caribbean any more; whatsoever longer I don't eat pumpkin again

judgement connector

moreover; furthermore again, it could exist said that he is non dead

Give-and-take Origin for again

Old English ongegn opposite to, from a- ² + gegn straight

Collins English Dictionary - Consummate & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with again

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In add-on to the idiom first with again

• once again and once more

also see:

• come up once more
• do something over once again
• ever and again
• every now and once more
• here someone goes again
• now and again
• off and on (off again, on again)
• over once again
• something else again
• fourth dimension and time again
• you can say that again

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Visitor. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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