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adverb

once more; another fourth dimension; afresh; in addition: Will yous spell your proper name again, please?

in an additional case or instance; moreover; also; furthermore.

on the other paw: It might happen, and once more information technology might not.

dorsum; in return; in respond: to answer again.

to the same place or person: to return once more.

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Idioms about again

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

equally much again, twice as much: She earns as much once more as I practice.

Origin of again

earlier 900; Middle English agayn, ageyn, Old English ongegn opposite (to), equivalent to on on, in (run across a-^ane) + gegn straight; cognate with Quondam High German ingagan, Old Norse igegn

how to pronounce once more

By far the most common pronunciation of again, in all parts of the United states of america, is [uh-gen], /əˈgɛn/, with the same vowel heard in still and pep. The pronunciation [uh-geyn], /əˈgeɪn/, rhyming with pain, occurs chiefly in the Atlantic states. Again said as [uh-gin], /əˈgɪn/, with the vowel of pit or sip, or with a vowel somewhere between [due east] /ɛ/ and [i], /ɪ/, is the mutual pronunciation in much of the South, where [east] /ɛ/ and [i] /ɪ/ tend to become neutralized, or more like one another, before [yard] /yard/ and [n], /north/, leading to a lack of noticeable distinction between such pairs as pen and pin, ten and can.

Words nearby again

ag, aga, Agabus, Agadir, Agag, again, again and again, against, against all odds, against one's better judgment, against ane's will

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Words related to once more

anew, over, repeatedly, too, farther, then, afresh, anon, bis, by and past, come once again, encore, freshly, newly, over and over, recurrently, additionally, besides, furthermore, moreover

How to use again in a sentence

• Meanwhile, almost exactly thirty years later the trial, the approximate left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.

• Again, the divergence can seem subtle and sound more than like splitting hairs, merely the difference is important.

• And so they came up against a law patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.

• At a press conference today with Scalise, Speaker Boehner again defended him.

• We take plenty fourth dimension off in between so that our batteries go recharged and we go inspired over again.

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

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

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

• "Better so," was the Senora's sole answer; and she barbarous again into still deeper, more than perplexed thought almost the hidden treasure.

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

British Dictionary definitions for again

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adverb

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

once more in a previously experienced or encountered place, state, or status he is sick once again; he came back again

in improver to the original amount, quantity, etc (esp in the phrases every bit much again; half equally much again)

(sentence modifier) on the other hand he might come and and so again he might not

besides; also she is cute and, again, intelligent

archaic in reply; dorsum he answered again to the questioning voice

once more and once again continuously; repeatedly

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

judgement connector

moreover; furthermore once again, information technology could exist said that he is not dead

Word Origin for again

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

Collins English Lexicon - Complete & 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 over again

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In addition to the idiom beginning with again

• again and again

likewise see:

• come again
• do something over once more
• e'er and once more
• every now and again
• here someone goes again
• now and again
• off and on (off again, on over again)
• over again
• something else again
• time and fourth dimension once more
• yous tin can say that again

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

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