Meaning of again in English

again

adverb

/əˈɡen/ /əˈɡeɪn/ us

/əˈɡen/

again adverb (ONE MORE TIME)

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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.

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.

once again

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.

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!

yet again

If something happens yet again, it has already happened many times before:

I'm afraid it's been delayed yet again.

again and again

repeatedly:

I've told you again and again not to do that.

all over again

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.

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If you think it's wrong, cross it out and write it again.
"I never want to see you ever again, " he shouted as he stormed out of the house.
I'm not going to let him repair my bike again because he made a really bad job of it last time.
I was very nervous about driving again after the accident.
If the phone lines are busy, please try again later.

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again adverb (IN ADDITION)

in addition to the amount we know about or have mentioned already:

They are paid half as much again as we are.

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Also, extra, and in addition

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Idiom

then again

(Definition of again from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

again | American Dictionary

again

adverb [ not gradable ]

/əˈɡen, əˈɡeɪn/

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once more, or as before:

Could you spell your name again please?

Get some rest and you’ll soon be well again.

Don’t be late again (= another time).

(Definition of again from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of again

again

As an example, consider again the operation setify that turns a list into a set.

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By 1999, levels had fallen again and were similar to those in the early 1970s.

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In that case, we would have to think again.

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Again it is thought that the strength of the signal in the latter is due to resonance enhancement.

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Again, age seems to be the determining factor.

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Again, it is not clear how the notion of a cycle adds any explanatory value.

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Again, we do so with an eye to the history of probability in linguistics.

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Once again, however, the actual nature of this fusing is left vague.

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The only available connection in this case is again government, which obeys relativized minimality.

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Pragmatics might (but need not) intervene again to enrich further these truth-evaluable propositions.

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Phonetically, deletion is again viewed as overlap to the extent that the segment is not perceived independently of flanking elements.

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Consider again the paradigmatic primary criminal-law prohibitions associated with offenses against the person.

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Here again, however, the author avoids formulating general hypotheses.

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Again, the effect on private provision is harder to predict.

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Again, honour remained the reward of virtuous public action, particularly for those whose birth made them more fit for public actions.

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