Kilo Lingo

again

/əˈɡen/

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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.

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This word is part of lesson 8.