again
adverb OPAL S
/əˈɡen/, /əˈɡeɪn/
/əˈɡen/, /əˈɡeɪn/
Idioms - one more time; on another occasion
- This must never happen again.
- Try again—it takes practice.
- Can we start again, please?
- Could you say it again, please?
- When will I see you again?
- Rowling again proves to be a superb storyteller.
- I've told you again and again (= many times) not to do that.
- I'll have to write it all over again (= again from the beginning).
- She tried over and over again (= many times) to get it right.
- He has yet again (= as has happened many times before) shown that he cannot be trusted.
- Once again (= as had happened several times before), the train was late.
- showing that somebody/something is in the same place or state that they were in originally
- We're very happy to be here together again.
- He was glad to be home again.
- You'll soon feel well again.
- She spends two hours a day getting to work and back again.
- added to an amount that is already there
- The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
- I'd like the same again (= the same amount or the same thing).
- used to show that a comment or fact is connected with what you have just said
- And again, we must think of the cost.
- then/there again used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said
- We might buy it but then again we might not.
- used when you ask somebody to tell you something or repeat something that you think they have told you already
- What was the name again?
Word OriginOld English ongēan, ongægn, etc., of Germanic origin; related to German entgegen ‘opposite’.
Idioms
(every) now and again/then
- from time to time; occasionally
- Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.
(the) same again
- (informal) used to ask somebody to serve you the same drink as before
- Same again, please!
time after time | time and (time) again
- often; on many or all occasions
- You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.
- Time and again, the girls have shown how strong and determined they can be.