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again

[ uh-gen, uh-geyn ]

adverb

  1. once more; another time; anew; in addition:

    Will you spell your name again, please?

  2. in an additional case or instance; moreover; besides; furthermore.
  3. on the other hand:

    It might happen, and again it might not.

  4. in return; back; in reply:

    to answer again.

  5. to the same place or person:

    to return again.



again

/ əˈɡɛn; əˈɡeɪn /

adverb

  1. another or second time; once more; anew

    he had to start again

  2. once more in a previously experienced or encountered place, state, or condition

    he is ill again

    he came back again

  3. in addition to the original amount, quantity, etc (esp in the phrases as much again; half as much again )
  4. sentence modifier on the other hand

    he might come and then again he might not

  5. besides; also

    she is beautiful and, again, intelligent

  6. archaic.
    in reply; back

    he answered again to the questioning voice

  7. again and again
    again and again continuously; repeatedly
  8. used with a negative any more; any longer

    I don't eat pumpkin again



sentence connector

  1. moreover; furthermore

    again, it could be said that he is not dead

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Pronunciation Note

By far the most common pronunciation of again, in all parts of the United States, is [uh, -, gen], with the same vowel heard in yet and pep. The pronunciation [uh, -, geyn], rhyming with pain, occurs chiefly in the Atlantic states. Again said as [uh, -, gin], with the vowel of pit or sip, or with a vowel somewhere between [e] and [i], is the common pronunciation in much of the South, where [e] and [i] tend to become neutralized, or more like one another, before [m] and [n], leading to a lack of noticeable distinction between such pairs as pen and pin, ten and tin.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of again1

First recorded before 900; Middle English agayn, ageyn, Old English ongegn “opposite (to),” equivalent to on on, in” ( a- 1 ) + gegn “straigh”t; cognate with Old High German ingagan, Old Norse igegn

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Word History and Origins

Origin of again1

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

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. again and again, with frequent repetition; often:

    They went over the same arguments again and again.

  2. as much again, twice as much:

    She earns as much again as I do.

More idioms and phrases containing again

In addition to the idiom beginning with again , also see come again ; do something over again ; ever and again ; every now and again ; here someone goes again ; now and again ; off and on (off again, on again) ; over again ; something else again ; time and time again ; you can say that again .

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.

Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.

Then they came up against a police 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 enough time off in between so that our batteries get recharged and we get inspired 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 be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.

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

"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.

Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.

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