again
adverb (ONE MORE TIME) /əˈɡen/ /-ˈɡeɪn/
/-ˈɡen/ Definition
A1 one more time: Could you spell your name again, please? If he does it again I'll have to tell him. Deborah's late again. Throw it away and start again.Continually and repeatedly A2 back to the original place or condition: We went to Edinburgh and back again all in one day. Get some rest and you'll soon be well again.Continually and repeatedly once again B1 If something happens once again, it has already happened several times before: You are reminded once again of the author's love of the sea.Continually and repeatedly never again! › said after an unpleasant experience to show that you do not intend to do it again: He drove me back home last night. Never again!Always and never yet again B2 If something happens yet again, it has already happened many times before: I'm afraid it's been delayed yet again.Continually and repeatedly again and again B1 repeatedly: I've told you again and again not to do that.Continually and repeatedly all over again B2 If you do something all over again, you start again from the beginning: It's already taken me two hours - I don't want to have to do it all over again.Continually and repeatedly
(Definition of again adverb (ONE MORE TIME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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again adverb (IN ADDITION)
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Synonyms and related words:
- all along idiom
- all-time adjective
- always adverb (EVERY TIME)
- always adverb (FOR EVER)
- always adverb (UNTIL NOW)
- ever adverb (ALWAYS)
- first noun (NEVER BEFORE)
- in/through all the years idiom
- invariably adverb
- ne'er adverb
- never adverb
- not for (all) the world idiom
- till/until kingdom come idiom
- till/until the cows come home idiom
- time noun (MINUTES/DAYS/YEARS)
- time noun (OCCASION)
- when hell freezes over idiom
- whenever adverb, conjunction
- wherever adverb, conjunction
- will modal verb (ALWAYS)
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