again
[ uh-gen, uh-geyn ]
/ əˈgɛn, əˈgeɪn /
adverb
once more; another time; anew; in addition: Will you spell your name again, please?
in an additional case or instance; moreover; besides; furthermore.
on the other hand: It might happen, and again it might not.
back; in return; in reply: to answer again.
to the same place or person: to return again.
Idioms for again
again and again,
with frequent repetition; often: They went over the same arguments again and again.
as much again,
twice as much: She earns as much again as I do.
Origin of again
pronunciation note for again
By far the most common pronunciation of
again, in all parts of the United States, is
[uh-gen] /əˈgɛn/, with the same vowel heard in
yet and
pep. The pronunciation
[uh-geyn] /əˈgeɪn/, rhyming with
pain, occurs chiefly in the Atlantic states.
Again said as
[uh-gin] /əˈgɪn/, with the vowel of
pit or
sip, or with a vowel somewhere between
[e] /ɛ/ and
[i] /ɪ/, is the common pronunciation in much of the South, where
[e] /ɛ/ and
[i] /ɪ/ tend to become neutralized, or more like one another, before
[m] /m/ and
[n] /n/, leading to a lack of noticeable distinction between such pairs as
pen and
pin, ten and
tin.
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British Dictionary definitions for again
again
/ (əˈɡɛn, əˈɡeɪn) /
adverb
sentence connector
moreover; furthermore
again, it could be said that he is not dead
Word Origin for again
Old English
ongegn opposite to, from
a- ² +
gegn straight
Idioms and Phrases with again
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