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again

 
 
/əˈgen/ adverb

Definition

REPEAT once more: I'll ask her again. I'll see you again next week.
AS BEFORE as before: Get some rest and you'll soon be well again.
again and again many times: He played the same song again and again.
all over again repeated from the beginning: We had to start all over again.
then/there again used when adding a fact to something you have just said: I failed my history test - but then again, I didn't do much studying for it.
(Definition of again adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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