a‧gain S1 W1 / əɡen, əɡeɪn $ əɡen / 副词

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?

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