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again (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: ongean 'opposite, back']
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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!
spoken used when you want someone to repeat information that they have already given you
::What did you say your name was again?
-see also now and again at now 1 (5)