Again

Alternative forms

 * agin (colloquial or humorous)

Etymology
ongean:.

Adverb

 * 1)  Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
 * 2) * 1526, The Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:
 * And after they were warned in ther slepe, that they shulde not go ageyne to Herod, they retourned into ther awne countre another way.
 * 1) Back (to a former place or state).
 * We need to bring the old customs to life again.
 * The South will rise again.
 * 1)  In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book III:
 * Merlyn warned the kynge couertly that gweneuer was not holsome for hym to take to wyf, for he warned hym that launcelot shold loue her and she hym ageyne
 * Merlin warned the king covertly that Guinevere was not wholesome for him to take as his wife, for he warned him that Lancelot should love her and she him again
 * 1) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vii:
 * Thus men are plagued with women, they again with men, when they are of diverse humours and conditions [...].
 * 1) Another time; once more.
 * I didn't do a very good job the first time, and now I have to do it again.
 * 1) * 1979, Charles Edward Daniels et al., “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (song), Million Mile Reflections, Charlie Daniels Band, Epic Records:
 * Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again. ”
 * 1) Over and above a factor of one.
 * 2) * 1908 December 10, Austin H. Clark, “New Genera and Species of Crinoids”, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Volume XXI, pages 229-230:
 * Cirri l-lxxx, 15, about 12mm. long; first two joints short, about twice as broad as long; third about one-third again [=one and one-third times] as long as broad; fourth and fifth the longest, about half again [=one and a half times] as long as broad;
 * Great, thanks again!
 * 1) Tell me again, say again;
 * What's that called, again?
 * 1) I ask again, I say again;
 * Again, as I said before, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
 * 1) Here too, here also, in this case as well;
 * Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.
 * Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.

Preposition

 * 1)  Against.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
 * And here begynneth the treson of Kynge Marke that he ordayned agayne Sir Trystram.

Derived terms

 * again and again
 * again-coming
 * once again

Thesaurus
ab ovo; above; additionally; afresh; after all; albeit; all included; all the same; also; although; altogether; among other things; and all; and also; and so; anew; anon; another time; around; as new; as well; at all events; at another time; at any rate; at that moment; at that time; au reste; back; backward; beside; besides; beyond; bis; but; compare; contra; contrariwise; contrary; contrawise; conversely; da capo; de novo; ditto; else; en plus; encore; even; even so; extra; farther; for all that; for lagniappe; freshly; from scratch; from the beginning; howbeit; however; in addition; in any case; in any event; in reverse; in that case; inter alia; into the bargain; item; just the same; likewise; more; moreover; nevertheless; new; newly; nonetheless; notwithstanding; on that occasion; on the side; on top of; once again; once more; oppositely; over; over again; plus; rather; round; round about; similarly; still; then; thereat; therewith; though; to boot; too; twice over; two times; vice versa; when; yet; yet again

Adverb

 * Afrikaans: weer, alweer
 * Arabic:, كرة أخرى
 * Egyptian Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:, կրկին, նորից,  նորեն
 * Basque: berriro
 * Belarusian: зноў, яшчэ раз
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: adarre
 * Bulgarian: отново (otnovo), пак (pak), отново, пак
 * Burmese: နောက်တဖန်
 * Catalan: una altra vegada, de nou
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  ,  ,
 * Crimean Tatar: kene
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: zase, opět, znova
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: jälle
 * Filipino:, ,
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ხელახლა (xelaxla), კვლავ (kvlav), ისევ (isev)
 * German:, , , , schon wieder
 * Greek: ,
 * Hawaiian: hou
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, फिर से, दुबारा
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:, á ný
 * Ido: ankore un foyo, ankorfoye
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: de novo
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , ,  もう一度,  あらためて


 * Khmer: ទៀត, ម្ដងទៀត
 * Korean: 다시
 * Kurdish:, ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: пак, повторно
 * Malayalam: വീണ്ടും
 * Maltese: darb' oħra
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian: дахин
 * Nahuatl:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: دگربار, دوباره, باز
 * Polish: ponownie, znowu, jeszcze raz
 * Portuguese: de novo, outra vez, novamente
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ещё раз
 * Sanskrit: पुनः
 * Scottish Gaelic:, às ùr
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: опет, поново, обнова, снова, однова
 * Roman: opet, ponovo, obnova, snova, odnova
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak: opäť, zasa, znova, znovu
 * Slovene: spet, ponovno, znova
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ånyo, , på nytt, å nyo
 * Tagalog:, nanaman, ulit
 * Telugu: మళ్లీ (mallee), మరలా (maralaa)
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: знову, знов, ще раз
 * Urdu: پھر, پھر سے, دوبارہ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: ווידער, נאָכאַמאָל
 * Yucatec Maya:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ook al weer
 * Filipino: ?, ano ? ano ? (formal)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ?, ano ulit? ano ? (formal)
 * Tagalog: ?, ano ulit? ano ? (formal)

Alternative forms

 * agin

Etymology
ongean:.

Adverb
again


 * 1) back, in the opposite direction
 * 2) again, anew

Preposition
again


 * 1) opposite, facing
 * 2) against, opposed to (literally or figuratively)

Conjunction
again


 * 1) in preparation for, in advance of