a·fresh

[uh-fresh]
adverb
anew; once more; again: to start afresh.

Origin:
1500–10; a-2 + fresh

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afresh (əˈfrɛʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv
once more; once again; anew

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Afresh is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Word Origin & History

afresh
c.1500, perhaps on analogy of anew, from a- (1) + fresh.
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Example sentences
Afresh olive picked off the tree, no matter how ripe, has a vile intensely bitter taste.
Consideration of these developments has prompted taking afresh look at ways to measure the foreign exchange value of the dollar.
In the past, asphalt pavements were commonly built on afresh new base so there was nothing to cause reflection cracking.
These languages have always found it easier to create new words by compounding afresh elements ready to hand.
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