again

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

   • I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.
   • The last sentence is so shocking, I have to read it again.
   • He tangled in tree-tops again and again / And barely missed hitting a tri-motored plane.

2. 2.Back (to a former place or state).

   • We need to bring the old customs to life again.
   • The South will rise again.

3. 3.Over and above a factor of one.

   • This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.

4. 4.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.

   • Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
   • Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.
   • A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

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Common

General reading & writing

Very common

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Rare

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Common

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• against