EGAVE

again

About 284.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb Another time: indicating a repeat of an action. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.
  2. adverb Back (to a former place or state).
    We need to bring the old customs to life again.
  3. adverb Over and above a factor of one.
    This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.
  4. adverb Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
    Great, thanks again!
  5. adverb Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
    What's that called again?
  6. adverb I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
    Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
  7. adverb Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
    Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.
  8. adverb Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
    Bring us word again.

Similar words

once again once more over again repeatedly reiterate repeat afresh recurring anew rehearse

Often followed by

and in to the at with on for as

Word family

again and again all over again and then again but then again never again not again once again over and over again then again yet again

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