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afresh

[ uh-fresh ]

adverb

  1. anew; once more; again:

    to start afresh.



afresh

/ əˈfrɛʃ /

adverb

  1. once more; once again; anew


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Word History and Origins

Origin of afresh1

First recorded in 1500–10; a- 2 + fresh

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Example Sentences

In rodents whose tonotopic maps were disorganized by noise, once the noise was removed, the tonotopic organization of the cortex resumed afresh.

Some scientists, however, would like to start afresh with a new naming method.

After this catharsis, Renia felt able to move on, to start afresh.

From Time

We now look to the new year with hopes of starting afresh and ridding our homes and lives of last year’s bad vibes.

Take the Cup away from Russia now, and we will have the time for countries to bid afresh for 2018.

But his determination to show subjects afresh won him the fame and opened the doors.

Unable to transfer credit, he was starting afresh at a new institution, with a new round of loans.

“I love everything scandalously starting afresh, all connected and confused,” she writes.

The insane trench warfare of World War I, with its astronomical loss of human life, brought this home afresh.

I swung down from my horse on the brink of the creek, cinched the saddle afresh, and rolled a cigarette.

I am always astonished, amazed and delighted afresh, and even as I listen I can hardly believe that the man can play so!

He stirred the smoldering ashes till the broiled fowl began to sizzle afresh.

He had grown weary of an easy-going life, and the desire to start afresh made itself increasingly felt.

He seemed to be studying him afresh, as though he were trying to read his innermost thoughts.

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