Time Adverb əˈɡen əˈɡeɪn Happen Again—It Takes Practice

• this must never happen again.
• try again—it takes practice.
• can we start again, please?
• could you say it again, please?

again

1. one more time; on another occasion
• This must never happen again.
• Try again—it takes practice.
• Can we start again, please?
• Could you say it again, please?
• When will I see you again?
• Rowling again proves to be a superb storyteller.
• I've told you again and again (= many times) not to do that.
• I'll have to write it all over again (= again from the beginning).
• She tried over and over again (= many times) to get it right.
• He has yet again (= as has happened many times before) shown that he cannot be trusted.
• Once again (= as had happened several times before), the train was late.
2. showing that somebody/something is in the same place or state that they were in originally
• We're very happy to be here together again.
• He was glad to be home again.
• You'll soon feel well again.
• She spends two hours a day getting to work and back again.
3. added to an amount that is already there
• The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
• I'd like the same again (= the same amount or the same thing).
4. used to show that a comment or fact is connected with what you have just said
• And again, we must think of the cost.
5. used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said
• We might buy it but then again we might not.
6. used when you ask somebody to tell you something or repeat something that you think they have told you already
• What was the name again?
7. from time to time; occasionally
• Every now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep.
8. used to ask somebody to serve you the same drink as before
• Same again, please!
9. often; on many or all occasions
• You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.
• Time and again, the girls have shown how strong and determined they can be.

Word Origin

• Old English ongēan, ongægn, etc., of Germanic origin; related to German entgegen ‘opposite’.