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Definition of "again" []

  • Once more; anew: Try again. (adverb)
  • To a previous place, position, or state: left home but went back again. (adverb)
  • Furthermore; moreover: Again, we need to collect more data. (adverb)
  • On the other hand: She might go, and again she might not. (adverb)
  • In return; in response: paid him again. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "again" in a sentence
  • "It delivered me to this unknown rock, where trees meet on hill-tops to tangle dark branches under fog shot with dankness and blight, and I am always welcome because I am the only one — and the funny birds who tell no jokes, and the giant bile-squirting flowers, and the delirious prancing monkeys, and I have nothing in particular to say, and I say it again and again "
  • "“Sitting again awn the lap of God.” *muffled sound ov purrson traing nawt to crai again*"
  • "Right now I'm listening to "Strawberry Gashes" and being once again stunned that Ryan doesn't see this as a happy song ... it's so pretty and it leaves my blood racing and my entire body trembling with the need to touch him. * shrugs again*"