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again definition

again (ə gen′; also, esp. Cdn & Brit, -gān′)

adverb

  1. Rare back in response; in return answer again
  2. back into a former position or condition he is well again
  3. once more; anew try again
  4. besides; further again, we should note
  5. on the other hand; from the contrary standpoint he may, and then again he may not
  6. Obsolete in the opposite direction; back

Etymology: ME agen, ayein < OE ongegn, ongean < on-, up to, toward + gegn, direct: orig. separable prefix meaning “directly up to,” hence, “facing, opposite”

again Idioms

again and again

often; repeatedly

as much again

twice as much

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again

modif.

anew, afresh, newly, once more, once again, repeatedly, over, over and over, from the beginning, again and again, on and on, encore, another time, bis, over again, a second time, anon, freshly, de novo (Latin), da capo (Italian), reiteratively, recurrently, ditto*, repeat*. *

Antonyms once*, once only, at first.

as much again

doubled, twice as much, multiplied; see double.


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Here we are again!

-Grimaldi,Joseph

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