again
Pronounced:
/əˈgɛn/
Function:
adverbMeaning:
1 : for another time : one more time ▪ Please, come see us again. ▪ Spring is beginning again. ▪ It was nice to see my friends again. ▪ She wants to prove that she can do it again. ▪ Things are back to normal again. ▪ I will never be so foolish again. = Never again will I be so foolish. ▪ When we heard the news, we all said, “Oh no! Not again!” ▪ She demonstrated yet again her remarkable artistic talents. ▪ It'll just be the same thing all over again. ▪ I told him over and over again to be careful. = I told him again and again to be careful. [=I told him many times to be careful] ▪ She returned to the bookstore again and again. [=repeatedly, many times]
2 : to a previous position or place ▪ We flew from Boston to Chicago and back again. [=back to Boston] ▪ When he stood up, he got so dizzy that he had to sit down again.
3 —used to introduce a thought or possibility that differs from a preceding one ▪ He might go, and again he might not. —usually used in the phrase then again ▪ He might go, and then again, he might not. ▪ Then again, perhaps they were right.
4 —used to introduce a statement that repeats and stresses something previously said ▪ Again, this is a serious problem.
5 —used to ask someone to repeat something because you did not hear or understand it clearly ▪ What was your name again?
6 —used in phrases like (chiefly US) half again as much and (chiefly Brit) half as much again to compare two amounts ▪ My ticket costs half again as much as your ticket. [=(for example) my ticket costs $15 and your ticket costs $10]
2 : to a previous position or place ▪ We flew from Boston to Chicago and back again. [=back to Boston] ▪ When he stood up, he got so dizzy that he had to sit down again.
3 —used to introduce a thought or possibility that differs from a preceding one ▪ He might go, and again he might not. —usually used in the phrase then again ▪ He might go, and then again, he might not. ▪ Then again, perhaps they were right.
4 —used to introduce a statement that repeats and stresses something previously said ▪ Again, this is a serious problem.
5 —used to ask someone to repeat something because you did not hear or understand it clearly ▪ What was your name again?
6 —used in phrases like (chiefly US) half again as much and (chiefly Brit) half as much again to compare two amounts ▪ My ticket costs half again as much as your ticket. [=(for example) my ticket costs $15 and your ticket costs $10]
(every) now and again —see every
now and again —see 1now
once again —see 1once
time and again —see 1time