Phrase guide

time and again

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

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Often; 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, again and again, over and over again, time and time again

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran) — often; repeatedly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反反復復 /反反复复 (fǎnfǎnfùfù) — often; repeatedly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì) — often; repeatedly
  • Danish: gang på gang — often; repeatedly
  • Danish: igen og igen — often; repeatedly
  • Dutch: keer op keer — often; repeatedly
  • Estonian: ikka ja jälle — often; repeatedly
  • Estonian: korduvalt — often; repeatedly
  • Finnish: kerta toisensa jälkeen — often; repeatedly
  • Finnish: toistuvasti — often; repeatedly
  • French: à maintes reprises — often; repeatedly
  • French: maintes fois — often; repeatedly
  • French: à de nombreuses reprises — often; repeatedly
  • German: immer wieder — often; repeatedly
  • Hindi: बार बार (bār bār) — often; repeatedly
  • Persian: چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr) — often; repeatedly
  • Polish: wielokrotnie — often; repeatedly
  • Polish: raz po raz — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: repetidas vezes — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: uma vez atrás da outra — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: uma e outra vez — often; repeatedly
  • Russian: то и де́ло (to i délo) — often; repeatedly
  • Russian: неоднокра́тно (neodnokrátno) — often; repeatedly
  • Scottish Gaelic: uair is uair — often; repeatedly
  • Spanish: una y otra vez — often; repeatedly
  • Spanish: repetidas veces — often; repeatedly
  • Spanish: una vez tras otra — often; repeatedly
  • Swedish: gång på gång — often; repeatedly
  • Swedish: gång efter annan — often; repeatedly
  • Turkish: defalarca — often; repeatedly
  • Turkish: tekrar tekrar — often; repeatedly
  • Urdu: بار بار (bār-bār) — often; repeatedly
  • Urdu: بارہا (bārhā) — often; repeatedly
  • Urdu: گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī) — often; repeatedly