again

[A*gainĀ·]

When you repeat something or it happens more than once, it happens again. Every morning you wake up again.

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In return, back; as, bring us word again.

Adverb
anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"


adv.
In return, back; as, bring us word again.

adv.
Another time; once more; anew.

adv.
Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.

adv.
In any other place.

adv.
On the other hand.

adv.
Moreover; besides; further.

prep.
Alt. of Agains


Again

A*gain" (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge'a0n, against, again; on + ge'a0n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew.
If a man die, shall he live again?
3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon. 5. On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman." Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further.
Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. -- Now and again, now and then; occasionally. -- To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] De Foe. &hand; Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.

In return, back; as, bring us word again.

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Usage Examples

A man growing old becomes a child again.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.

Acknowledging class was always difficult for 'New Democrats' - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.

'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Actually, I don't ever think there will be a men-only team of leadership in the Labour party again. People would look at it and say, 'What? Are there no women in the party to be part of the leadership? Do men want to do it all themselves?' It just won't happen again.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

'The Panorama' is also the last place anywhere in New York where the World Trade Center still stands, whole, as it stood in the early morning of September 11. I can also see the corner where I saw the first tower fall and howled out loud. Seeing the buildings again here is uplifting, healing.

Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.

'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.

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