Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Once more; anew.
- adverb To a previous place, position, or state.
- adverb Furthermore; moreover.
- adverb On the other hand.
- adverb In return; in response.
- idiom (again and again) Repeatedly; frequently.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of motion or direction: Back: in the opposite direction; to or toward a former or the original position; to the same place or person: often strengthened with back.
- Of action: Back; in return; in reply, response, answer, echo.
- Of action or fact as related to time, or of time simply: Once more; in addition; another time; anew: marking repetition
- Of action or existence: as, to do anything again; he had to make it all over again.
- Of number or quantity: only in the phrases as much or as many again (= twice as much or as many), half as much again (= once and a half as much), etc.
- Of kind or character: marking resemblance.
- Of succession of thought: Once more; in continuation; in an additional case or instance; moreover; besides (marking transition); on the other hand (marking contrast).
- Against.
- Against the time that: like
against , conj.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition obsolete Against; also, towards (in order to meet).
- adverb In return, back.
- adverb Another time; once more; anew.
- adverb Once repeated; -- of quantity.
- adverb Archaic In any other place.
- adverb On the other hand.
- adverb Moreover; besides; further.
- adverb more than once; often; repeatedly.
- adverb now and then; occasionally.
- adverb [Obs.] to and fro.
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- preposition obsolete
Against .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb anew
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It delivered me to this unknown rock, where trees meet on hill-tops to tangle dark branches under fog shot with dankness and blight, and I am always welcome because I am the only one — and the funny birds who tell no jokes, and the giant bile-squirting flowers, and the delirious prancing monkeys, and I have nothing in particular to say, and I say it again and again
Sunk 2010
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“Sitting again awn the lap of God.” *muffled sound ov purrson traing nawt to crai again*
Mahm!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Right now I'm listening to "Strawberry Gashes" and being once again stunned that Ryan doesn't see this as a happy song ... it's so pretty and it leaves my blood racing and my entire body trembling with the need to touch him. * shrugs again*
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2003
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After a while, she caught the blur for a moment again, lost it again .
The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000
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“I had a feeling … And when you saw him again, after twenty years, all the old jealousy built up again … ”
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1971
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“I had a feeling … And when you saw him again, after twenty years, all the old jealousy built up again … ”
Maigret and the Loner Simenon, Georges -101 1971
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And the third thing was that Gibreel Farishta opened his eyes to find himself collapsed, once again, on Alleluia Cone's doorstep, begging her forgiveness, weeping _O God, it happened, it really happened again_.
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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It was a terrible strain on me to keep her at school, ma'am, and again and _again_ I've thought I couldn't stand it, what with her being in the shop only in the afternoon, and the washing, and trying to keep her clothes always nice; though she's been as good as
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But would Age be young again merely _to grow old again_?
Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913
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And again I sunk into visions of Ligeia -- and again (what marvel that I shudder while I write?), _again_ there reached my ears a low sob from the region of the ebony bed.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev 1895
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word again
I dislike when this is used to rhyme with words like "pain" in poetry. Sure, you can pronounce it that way, but I don't and it always throws me.
February 24, 2007
uselessness commented on the word again
Why do you hate British people so much?
February 24, 2007