again

a|gain

W1S1 [əˈgen, əˈgeın US əˈgen] adv

[: Old English; Origin: ongean 'opposite, back']

1.) one more time - used when something has happened or been done before

▪ Can you say that again? I didn't hear.

▪ I'll never go there again.

▪ Mr Khan's busy. Can you try again later?

once again/yet again

(=used to emphasize that something has happened several or many times before)

▪ In 1997, the family moved house yet again.

▪ Once again, Drew was under arrest.

2.) back to the same state or situation that you were in before

▪ She stayed and nursed him back to health again.

▪ It's great to have you home again.

3.) all over again

if you do something all over again, you repeat it from the beginning

▪ I had to write the essay all over again.

4.) as much/as many/the same again

the same amount or number as you have just had, said etc

▪ What a fantastic lunch. I could eat the same again.

▪ Nearly as many again died from pneumonia.

▪ The amount of crime is about half as much again (=the same in addition to half that amount) as it was in 1973.

▪ 'Another drink?' 'Yes, same again (=the same drink again) , please.'

5.) spoken used to give a fact or opinion that explains or adds to something you have just said

▪ And again, these workshops will benefit the community widely.

6.) then/there again

spoken used to introduce an idea or fact that is different from something you have just said, or makes it seem less likely to be true

▪ She says she's thirty-five. But then again she might be lying.

7.) again and again/time and (time) again/over and over again

very often - used in order to show disapproval

▪ I've told you again and again, don't do that!

8.) spoken used when you want someone to repeat information that they have already given you

▪ What did you say your name was again?

→now and again at ↑now¹ (5)