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again

adverb US /əˈɡen/

anew

How often you will meet it

Rank 108 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 230,977 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.110% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

adverb

  1. anew also: once again, once more, over again she tried againthey rehearsed the scene again

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

again in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Again I heard a singing in the sky!

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

  • I was my own man again, rescued by charity.

    The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1

  • Christian gathered herself up; her face grew pale again, and her voice steady.

    Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1

  • The boy gave one sharp cry and lapsed into his stolid calm again.

    The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1

  • He bit his lower lip and went and sat down before the desk again and turned on the electric reading-lamp.

    The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1

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