Phrase guide

again and again

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Repeatedly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

repeatedly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran) — repeatedly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反復 /反复 (fǎnfù) — repeatedly
  • Danish: igen og igen — repeatedly
  • Danish: gang på gang — repeatedly
  • Danish: om og om igen — repeatedly
  • Finnish: yhä uudelleen — repeatedly
  • French: encore et encore — repeatedly
  • German: immer wieder — repeatedly
  • Italian: ripetutamente — repeatedly
  • Italian: continuamente — repeatedly
  • Italian: più e più volte — repeatedly
  • Japanese: 何度も (nando-mo) — repeatedly
  • Latin: iterum atque iterum — repeatedly
  • Malayalam: വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും (vīṇṭuṁ vīṇṭuṁ) — repeatedly
  • Marathi: परत परत पुन्हापुन्हा (parat parat) — repeatedly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gang på gang — repeatedly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: igjen og igjen — repeatedly
  • Persian: چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr) — repeatedly
  • Polish: wielokrotnie — repeatedly
  • Polish: raz po raz — repeatedly
  • Portuguese: o tempo inteiro — repeatedly
  • Romanian: din nou și din nou — repeatedly
  • Romanian: iar și iar — repeatedly
  • Russian: сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva) — repeatedly
  • Russian: па́ки и па́ки (páki i páki) — repeatedly
  • Spanish: una y otra vez — repeatedly
  • Swedish: om och om igen — repeatedly
  • Tamil: மீண்டும் மீண்டும் (mīṇṭum mīṇṭum) — repeatedly
  • Tamil: திரும்பத்திரும்ப (tirumpattirumpa) — repeatedly
  • Thai: ซ้ํา ๆ ซาก ๆ (sám-sám-sâak-sâak) — repeatedly
  • Thai: ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า — repeatedly
  • Tocharian B: näno-näno — repeatedly
  • Turkish: tekrar tekrar — repeatedly
  • Turkish: ardı ardına — repeatedly
  • Turkish: defalarca — repeatedly
  • Urdu: بار بار (bār-bār) — repeatedly
  • Urdu: بارہا (bārhā) — repeatedly
  • Urdu: گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī) — repeatedly
  • Welsh: eto ac eto — repeatedly