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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•gain /əˈgɛn/USA pronunciation adv. - once more;
another time: Spell your name again, please. - on the other hand: It might happen, and again it might not. See then again below.
- back to a condition, state, or place that existed before:She was better for a while but now she is sick again.
Idioms- Idioms again and again, with many repetitions;
often. - Idioms as much again, twice as much.
- then again,
- on the other hand;
however:It might rain, but then again it might not.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•gain (ə gen′, ə gān′),USA pronunciation adv. - once more; another time;
anew;
in addition:Will you spell your name again, please? - in an additional case or instance;
moreover;
besides;
furthermore. - on the other hand:It might happen, and again it might not.
- back;
in return;
in reply:to answer again. - to the same place or person:to return again.
- Idioms again and again, with frequent repetition;
often:They went over the same arguments again and again. - Idioms as much again, twice as much:She earns as much again as I do.
- bef. 900; Middle English agayn, ageyn, Old English ongegn opposite (to) = on on, in (see a-1) + gegn straight; cognate with Old High German ingagan, Old Norse igegn
By far the most common pronunciation of again, in all parts of the United States, is (ə gen′),USA pronunciation with the same vowel heard in yet and pep. The pronunciation (ə gān′),USA pronunciation rhyming with pain, occurs chiefly in the Atlantic states. Again said as (ə gin′),USA pronunciation with the vowel of pit or sip, or with a vowel somewhere between (e)USA pronunciation and (i),USA pronunciation is the common pronunciation in much of the South, where (e)USA pronunciation and (i)USA pronunciation tend to become neutralized, or more like one another, before (m)USA pronunciation and (n),USA pronunciation leading to a lack of noticeable distinction between such pairs as pen and pin, ten and tin. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: again /əˈɡɛn; əˈɡeɪn/ adv - another or second time; once more; anew: he had to start again
- once more in a previously experienced or encountered place, state, or condition: he is ill again, he came back again
- in addition to the original amount, quantity, etc (esp in the phrases as much again; half as much again)
- (sentence modifier) on the other hand
- besides; also
- archaic in reply; back: he answered again to the questioning voice
- again and again ⇒ continuously; repeatedly
sentence connector - moreover; furthermore
Etymology: Old English ongegn opposite to, from a-² + gegn straight |