ALL meanings of again
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A a - adverb again You use again to indicate that something happens a second time, or after it has already happened before. 3
- adverb again You use again to indicate that something is now in a particular state or place that it used to be in. 3
- adverb again You can use again when you want to point out that there is a similarity between the subject that you are talking about now and a previous subject. 3
- adverb again You can use again in expressions such as but again, then again, and there again when you want to introduce a remark which contrasts with or weakens something that you have just said. 3
- adverb again You can add again to the end of your question when you are asking someone to tell you something that you have forgotten or that they have already told you. 3
- adverb again You use again in expressions such as half as much again when you are indicating how much greater one amount is than another amount that you have just mentioned or are about to mention. 3
- adverb again another or second time; once more; anew 3
- adverb again once more in a previously experienced or encountered place, state, or condition 3
- adverb again in addition to the original amount, quantity, etc (esp in the phrases as much again; half as much again) 3
- adverb again on the other hand 3
- adverb again besides; also 3
- adverb again in reply; back 3
- adverb again any more; any longer 3
- sentence connector again moreover; furthermore 3
- adverb again back in response; in return 3
- adverb again back into a former position or condition 3
- adverb again once more; anew 3
- adverb again besides; further 3
- adverb again on the other hand; from the contrary standpoint 3
- adverb again in the opposite direction; back 3
- noun again Another time; once more. 1
- adverb again once more; another time; anew; in addition: Will you spell your name again, please? 1
- adverb again in an additional case or instance; moreover; besides; furthermore. 1
- adverb again on the other hand: It might happen, and again it might not. 1
- adverb again back; in return; in reply: to answer again. 1
- adverb again to the same place or person: to return again. 1
- idioms again again and again, with frequent repetition; often: They went over the same arguments again and again. 1
- idioms again as much again, twice as much: She earns as much again as I do. 1
- adverb again another time 1
- adverb again returning, back 1
- adverb again in the same amount 1
- adverb again in return 1
- adverb again (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point. 0
- adverb again Back (to a former place or state). 0
- adverb again (Obsolete (No longer in use)) In return, as a reciprocal action; back. 0
- adverb again Over and above a factor of one. 0
- adverb again 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. 0
- adverb again (Obsolete (No longer in use)) In any other place. 0
- adverb again (Obsolete (No longer in use)) On the other hand. 0
- adverb again Moreover; besides; further. 0
- preposition again (obsolete or dialectal) Against. 0