/əˈɡen/
Translation
One more time, doing the same thing as before.
Word origin
From Old English ongean, meaning back or in return, which grew into the idea of one more time.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- ongean
Examples
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"Again" means one more time.
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"Again" shows the meeting happened a second time.
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"Again" means do the same thing once more.
We use again to say that something happens one more time, the same as before. If you read a book again, you read it a second time. We often use again when we want a thing to be done or said once more.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(19)A Day Together
2 min read · Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
3 min read · Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Day
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read · Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read · Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read · Core 5000
The Passenger
4 min read · Core 5000
Two Gardens
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
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English Greetings and Survival Phrases: Say Something Today
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal Verbs with Come: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Go: 14 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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