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Again means something that is repeated.

(adverb)

A football team running a play one more time is an example of running a play again.

Again is defined as returning to a place.

(adverb)

Going to the store and coming back home is an example of coming back again.

See again in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adverb

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

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

See again in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb