Standard Lemma guide

again

adv · prep · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈɡɛ̟n/
  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈɡeɪ̯n/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /əˈɡɛ̟n/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /əˈɡɪ̟n/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈɡæ̝ɪ̯n/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈɡe̟n/
  • dated: /eɪ̯ˈɡeɪ̯n/
  • rhymes with -eɪn
  • rhymes with -ɛn
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 G EH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 G EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Back (to a former place or state).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • We need to bring the old customs to life again.
  • The South will rise again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Over and above a factor of one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Great, thanks again!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.

Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • What's that called again?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.

I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adv

Meaning 7

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.

Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adv

Meaning 8

Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

  • Bring us word again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adv

Meaning 9

In return, as a reciprocal action; back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adv

Meaning 10

In any other place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adv

Meaning 11

On the other hand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adv

Meaning 12

Moreover; besides; further.

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

13

prep

Meaning 13

Against.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal

Qualifier: otherwise obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adverb

Meaning 14

anew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she tried again
  • they rehearsed the scene again

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: once again, once more, over again

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-Indo-European *ǵhengh-der. Proto-Germanic *ganganąder.? Proto-Germanic *gagin Proto-Germanic *in gagin Proto-West Germanic *in gagin Old English onġēan Middle English agayn English again From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Cognate with German entgegen (“contrary to”), North Frisian ijen (“against”), Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”), and Icelandic í gegnum (“through”). By surface analysis, on- + gain (“against”).

Across languages

Translations

357 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: weer — another time
  • Afrikaans: alweer — another time
  • Albanian: përsëri — another time
  • Northern Altai: паза (paza) — another time
  • Southern Altai: јаҥыдаҥ (ǰaŋïdaŋ) — another time
  • Southern Altai: база (baza) — another time
  • Southern Altai: таа (taa) — another time
  • Arabic: مَرَّة أُخْرَى (marra ʔuḵrā) — another time
  • Arabic: ثَانِيَةً (ṯāniyatan) — another time
  • Arabic: مُجَدَّدًا (mujaddadan) — another time
  • Arabic: مِنْ جَدِيدٍ (min jadīdin) — another time
  • Chadian Arabic: بتان (battān) — another time
  • Arabic: تاني (tāni) — another time
  • Arabic: كمان (kamān, kmān) — another time
  • Arabic: مرة ثانية (marra ṯānya) — another time
  • Arabic: مَرَّة ثانْية (marra tānya) — another time
  • Arabic: كمان (kamān) — another time
  • Arabic: عاود تاني (ʕāwd tāni) — another time
  • Armenian: էլի (ēli) — another time
  • Armenian: կրկին (krkin) — another time
  • Armenian: նորից (noricʻ) — another time
  • Armenian: նորեն (noren) — another time
  • Assamese: আকৌ (akou) — another time
  • Early Assamese: পুনু (punu) — another time
  • Early Assamese: আৰকা (aroka) — another time
  • Asturian: otra vez — another time
  • Asturian: otra vegada — another time
  • Asturian: de nuevo — another time
  • Avar: жеги (žegi) — another time
  • Azerbaijani: yenidən — another time
  • Azerbaijani: yenə — another time
  • Azerbaijani: bir daha — another time
  • Azerbaijani: bir də — another time
  • Bashkir: тағы ла (tağı la) — another time
  • Bashkir: тағы берҙе (tağı berźe) — another time
  • Bashkir: йәнә (yənə) — another time
  • Basque: berriro — another time
  • Belarusian: зноў (znow) — another time
  • Belarusian: яшчэ́ раз (jaščé raz) — another time
  • Bengali: আবার (abar) — another time
  • Central Bikol: giraray — another time
  • Central Bikol: liwat — another time
  • Breton: adarre — another time
  • Bulgarian: повто́рно (povtórno) — another time
  • Bulgarian: отно́во (otnóvo) — another time
  • Bulgarian: пак (pak) — another time
  • Burmese: နောက်တဖန် (naukta.hpan) — another time
  • Burmese: ထပ် (htap) — another time
  • Burmese: ပြန်လှန် (pranhlan) — another time
  • Burmese: နောက်ထပ် (naukhtap) — another time
  • Catalan: una altra vegada — another time
  • Catalan: de nou — another time
  • Catalan: un altre cop — another time
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏏᏇ (asique) — another time
  • Cherokee: ᏏᏊ (siquu) — another time
  • Chickasaw: ano̠wa' — another time
  • Chinese: зэ (ze) — another time
  • Chinese: ю (iu) — another time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 再 (zài) — another time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 又 (yòu) — another time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 再......一遍 (zai4... yíbiàn) — another time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重新 (chóngxīn) — another time
  • Chinook Jargon: weght — another time
  • Chukchi: нэмэ (nėmė) — another time
  • Maore Comorian: raha — another time
  • Crimean Tatar: kene — another time
  • Czech: zase — another time
  • Czech: opět — another time
  • Czech: znova — another time
  • Danish: igen — another time
  • Dutch: opnieuw — another time
  • Dutch: nogmaals — another time
  • Dutch: weer — another time
  • Dutch: alweer — another time
  • Esperanto: denove — another time
  • Esperanto: ree — another time
  • Esperanto: ankoraŭfoje — another time
  • Estonian: jälle — another time
  • Faroese: aftur — another time
  • Faroese: umaftur — another time
  • Finnish: taas — another time
  • Finnish: uudelleen — another time
  • Finnish: jälleen — another time
  • Finnish: toistamiseen — another time
  • Finnish: vielä kerran — another time
  • French: de nouveau — another time
  • French: encore — another time
  • West-Frisian: wer — another time
  • Galician: outra vez — another time
  • Galician: de novo — another time
  • Georgian: ხელახლა (xelaxla) — another time
  • Georgian: კვლავ (ḳvlav) — another time
  • Georgian: ისევ (isev) — another time
  • Georgian: განმეორებით (ganmeorebit) — another time
  • German: wieder — another time
  • German: noch einmal — another time
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 (aftra) — another time
  • Greek: ξανά (xaná) — another time
  • Greek: πάλι (páli) — another time
  • Ancient Greek: πάλιν (pálin) — another time
  • Ancient Greek: ἄνωθεν (ánōthen) — another time
  • Mbya Guarani: jevy — another time
  • Hawaiian: hou — another time
  • Hebrew: שׁוּב (shuv) — another time
  • Hebrew: שֵׁנִית (shenít) — another time
  • Hindi: फिर (phir) — another time
  • Hindi: फिर से (phir se) — another time
  • Hindi: दुबारा (dubārā) — another time
  • Hindi: पुनः (punaḥ) — another time
  • White Hmong: dua — another time
  • Hungarian: újra — another time
  • Hungarian: megint — another time
  • Hungarian: ismét — another time
  • Hungarian: már megint — another time
  • Icelandic: aftur — another time
  • Icelandic: á ný — another time
  • Ido: itere — another time
  • Ido: ankorfoye — another time
  • Indonesian: lagi — another time
  • Interlingua: de novo — another time
  • Irish: arís — another time
  • Irish: athuair — another time
  • Old Irish: aithirriuch — another time
  • Italian: di nuovo — another time
  • Italian: ancora — another time
  • Italian: ri- — another time
  • Japanese: 又 (mata) — another time
  • Japanese: また (mata) — another time
  • Japanese: 再び (futatabi) — another time
  • Japanese: もう一度 (mō ichido) — another time
  • Japanese: あらためて (aratamete) — another time
  • Japanese: 再度 (saido) — another time
  • Kazakh: қайтадан (qaitadan) — another time
  • Kazakh: жаңа (jaña) — another time
  • Kazakh: қайта (qaita) — another time
  • Kazakh: жаңадан (jañadan) — another time
  • Kazakh: тағы (tağy) — another time
  • Khmer: ទៀត (tiət) — another time
  • Khmer: ម្ដងទៀត (mdɑɑng tiət) — another time
  • Korean: 다시 (dasi) — another time
  • Korean: 또 (tto) — another time
  • Central Kurdish: دیسان (dîsan) — another time
  • Central Kurdish: ھەمدیس (hemdîs) — another time
  • Central Kurdish: دوبارھ (dubarh) — another time
  • Northern Kurdish: dîsa — another time
  • Kyrgyz: дагы (dagı) — another time
  • Kyrgyz: кайтадан (kaytadan) — another time
  • Kyrgyz: жаңыдан (jaŋıdan) — another time
  • Ladino: de muevo — another time
  • Ladino: yene — another time
  • Lao: ອີກ (ʼīk) — another time
  • Latin: dēnuō — another time
  • Latin: iterum — another time
  • Latvian: atkal — another time
  • Lithuanian: vėl — another time
  • Low German: nochmaal — another time
  • Low German: wedder — another time
  • Low German: noch eenmaal — another time
  • Low German: wier — another time
  • Lutuv: pakhaa — another time
  • Macedonian: пак (pak) — another time
  • Macedonian: повторно (povtorno) — another time
  • Malay: lagi — another time
  • Malayalam: വീണ്ടും (vīṇṭuṁ) — another time
  • Maltese: darb’ oħra — another time
  • Manx: reesht — another time
  • Manx: reeshtagh — another time
  • Māori: anō — another time
  • Marathi: पुन्हा (punhā) — another time
  • Marathi: परत (parat) — another time
  • Central Sierra Miwok: ˀičáˀ — another time
  • Mon: ပၠန် (plan) — another time
  • Mongolian: дахин (daxin) — another time
  • Nahuatl: occeppa — another time
  • Navajo: nááná — another time
  • Norman: encouo — another time
  • Norman: acouo — another time
  • Norman: co — another time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: igjen — another time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på nytt — another time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: igjen — another time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: på ny — another time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: på nytt — another time
  • Occitan: encara — another time
  • Occitan: de nòu — another time
  • Old English: eft — another time
  • Pashto: بيا (byâ) — another time
  • Persian: دگربار (degarbâr) — another time
  • Persian: دوباره (do-bâre) — another time
  • Persian: باز (bâz) — another time
  • Persian: از نو (az now) — another time
  • Plautdietsch: wada — another time
  • Polish: ponownie — another time
  • Polish: znowu — another time
  • Polish: jeszcze raz — another time
  • Polish: znów — another time
  • Polish: apiać — another time
  • Polish: od początku — another time
  • Polish: na nowo — another time
  • Polish: od nowa — another time
  • Portuguese: de novo — another time
  • Portuguese: outra vez — another time
  • Portuguese: novamente — another time
  • Romanian: iarăși — another time
  • Romanian: din nou — another time
  • Romanian: iar — another time
  • Romansh: danovamain — another time
  • Romansh: daniev — another time
  • Romansh: danovmeing — another time
  • Romansh: danievmeing — another time
  • Romansh: danovamaintg — another time
  • Romansh: danövmaing — another time
  • Romansh: danöv — another time
  • Romansh: puspè — another time
  • Romansh: puspei — another time
  • Romansh: puspe — another time
  • Romansh: darcho — another time
  • Romansh: darcheu — another time
  • Russian: опя́ть (opjátʹ) — another time
  • Russian: сно́ва (snóva) — another time
  • Russian: ещё раз (ješčó raz) — another time
  • Sanskrit: पुनर् (punar) — another time
  • Sardinian: torra — another time
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-rithist — another time
  • Scottish Gaelic: às ùr — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏пе̄т — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏ново — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: снова — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: однова — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍpēt — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍnovo — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: snova — another time
  • Serbo-Croatian: odnova — another time
  • Sicilian: arreri — another time
  • Sicilian: arrè — another time
  • Sicilian: di novu — another time
  • Sicilian: donna vota — another time
  • Slovak: opäť — another time
  • Slovak: zasa — another time
  • Slovak: znova — another time
  • Slovak: znovu — another time
  • Slovene: spét — another time
  • Slovene: ponôvno — another time
  • Slovene: znôva — another time
  • Lower Sorbian: zasej — another time
  • Upper Sorbian: zaso — another time
  • Spanish: otra vez — another time
  • Spanish: de nuevo — another time
  • Spanish: nuevamente — another time
  • Spanish: tornar a — another time
  • Spanish: volver a — another time
  • Swedish: igen — another time
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠞꠛꠣꠞ (hirbar) — another time
  • Tagalog: muli — another time
  • Tagalog: nanaman — another time
  • Tagalog: ulit — another time
  • Tajik: аз нав (az nav) — another time
  • Tajik: боз (boz) — another time
  • Tamil: மீண்டும் (mīṇṭum) — another time
  • Tamil: மறுபடியும் (maṟupaṭiyum) — another time
  • Tashelhit: dax — another time
  • Tatar: кабаттан (qabattan) — another time
  • Telugu: మళ్లీ (maḷlī) — another time
  • Telugu: మరలా (maralā) — another time
  • Tetum: fali — another time
  • Thai: อีก (ìik) — another time
  • Thai: ใหม่ (mài) — another time
  • Tocharian B: nano — another time
  • Tok Pisin: gen — another time
  • Turkish: yeniden — another time
  • Turkish: tekrar — another time
  • Turkish: gene — another time
  • Turkish: yine — another time
  • Turkish: bir daha — another time
  • Turkmen: ýene — another time
  • Turkmen: baryp — another time
  • Ukrainian: зно́ву (znóvu) — another time
  • Ukrainian: знов (znov) — another time
  • Ukrainian: ще раз (šče raz) — another time
  • Urdu: پھر (phir) — another time
  • Urdu: پھر سے (phir se) — another time
  • Urdu: دوبارہ (dubārā) — another time
  • Uzbek: yana — another time
  • Uzbek: qaytadan — another time
  • Uzbek: qayta — another time
  • Vietnamese: lại — another time
  • Welsh: eto — another time
  • Yiddish: ווידער (vider) — another time
  • Yiddish: נאָכאַמאָל (nokhamol) — another time
  • Yiddish: צוריק (tsurik) — another time
  • Yucatec Maya: ka’teen — another time
  • Zazaki: fına (diq) — another time
  • Bashkir: кире (kire) — back to a former place or state
  • Chickasaw: ano̠wa' — back to a former place or state
  • Dutch: weer — back to a former place or state
  • Dutch: terug — back to a former place or state
  • Esperanto: reen — back to a former place or state
  • Finnish: jälleen — back to a former place or state
  • Finnish: uudestaan — back to a former place or state
  • Finnish: ennalleen — back to a former place or state
  • German: wieder — back to a former place or state
  • German: zurück — back to a former place or state
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 (aftra) — back to a former place or state
  • Hungarian: vissza — back to a former place or state
  • Icelandic: aftur — back to a former place or state
  • Irish: arís — back to a former place or state
  • Old Irish: frithissi — back to a former place or state
  • Italian: ri- — back to a former place or state
  • Low German: wedder — back to a former place or state
  • Low German: wier — back to a former place or state
  • Portuguese: de volta — back to a former place or state
  • Russian: наза́д (nazád) — back to a former place or state
  • Russian: обра́тно (obrátno) — back to a former place or state
  • Swedish: igen — back to a former place or state
  • Tamil: மீண்டும் (mīṇṭum) — back to a former place or state
  • Tamil: மறுபடியும் (maṟupaṭiyum) — back to a former place or state
  • Tamil: திரும்ப (tirumpa) — back to a former place or state
  • Tamil: திரும்பவும் (tirumpavum) — back to a former place or state
  • Tamil: மறுக்க (maṟukka) — back to a former place or state
  • Yiddish: ווידער (vider) — back to a former place or state
  • Yiddish: צוריק (tsurik) — back to a former place or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 來著 /来着 (láizhe) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Danish: nu — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Dutch: ook al weer — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Finnish: taas — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • French: déjà — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • German: nochmal — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • German: gleich — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • German: doch — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • German: noch — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Greek: ξανά (xaná) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Greek: πάλι (páli) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Hungarian: is — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Irish: arís — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Japanese: っけ (kke) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Korean: ᆻ지 (tji) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Korean: ᆻ죠 (tjo) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Mongolian: билээ (bilee) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Portuguese: mesmo — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Russian: говори́те (govoríte) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Serbo-Croatian: беше — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Serbo-Croatian: beše — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Spanish: de nuevo — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Swedish: igen — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tagalog: ano — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tagalog: ano ulit — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tagalog: ano po — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tamil: மறுபடியும் (maṟupaṭiyum) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tamil: திரும்பவும் (tirumpavum) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tamil: திரும்ப (tirumpa) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Tamil: மறுக்க (maṟukka) — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Welsh: eto — used in a question to ask something one has forgotten
  • Hungarian: vissza — in return
  • Hungarian: viszont — in return
  • Latin: rūrsus — in return
  • Tamil: திரும்ப (tirumpa) — in return
  • Tamil: திரும்பவும் (tirumpavum) — in return
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