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again

  • adverb
  • a·gain
  • /əˈɡɛ̟n/

Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.

Example

“I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.”

Other meanings

  1. Back (to a former place or state).

    “We need to bring the old customs to life again.”

  2. Over and above a factor of one.

    “This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.”

Example sentences

  • “I'm testing whether the language detection works again.”

    Tatoeba · TRANG · CC0
  • “I'm going to be watching a movie again.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “He started to make his own again.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "onġēan" (against, again).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “again” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.