Sekirov Dictionary

again

/əˈɡɛn/

adverb 12
preposition 1
phrases 7

adverb12

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one more time
- I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.
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Back (to a former place or state).
- We need to bring the old customs to life again.
- The South will rise again.
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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!
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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?
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I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
- Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
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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.
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Moreover; besides; further.
- Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. — 1835
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Over and above a factor of one.
- This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.
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(no longer used) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
- Bring us word again.
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(no longer used) In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
- So women are never angrie, but to the end a man should againe be angrie with them, therein imitating the lawes of Love. — 1603
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(no longer used) On the other hand.
- The one is my sovereign[…]the other again is my kinsman. — 1595
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(no longer used) In any other place.
- There is not, in the world again, such a spring and seminary of brave military people as in England, Scotland, and Ireland. — 1627

preposition1

(dialect) Against.

Phrases with again

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