again

CEFRA1

/əˈɡɛ̟n/

adverb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    One more time, or back to a previous state.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    Back (to a former place or state).

Examples

  • He forbade them from mentioning the subject again.

  • Classes are starting again soon.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /eɪ̯ˈɡeɪ̯n/
  • /əˈɡeɪ̯n/

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. Over and above a factor of one.

  2. Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Could you call again later, please?

  • He tangled in tree-tops again and again / And barely missed hitting a tri-motored plane.

  • I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.

Synonyms

Quick test

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After losing the game, she wanted to play blank to try to win.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Cognate with German entgegen (“contrary to”), North Frisian ijen (“against”), Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”), and Icelandic í gegnum (“through”). By surface analysis, on- + gain (“against”).