again
[adverb]
Synonyms:
- once more, afresh, anew, another time
- also, besides, furthermore, in addition, moreover

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Related Idioms: by the same token, into the bargain, on top of that, at the same time, be that as it may, just the same, on the other hand

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

a‧gain S1 W1 /əˈɡen, əˈɡeɪn $ əˈɡen/ adverb
[Language: Old English; Origin: ongean 'opposite, back']

1. one more time – used when something has happened or been done before:
Can you say that again? I didn’t hear.
I’ll never go there again.
Mr Khan’s busy. Can you try again later?
once again/yet again (=used to emphasize that something has happened several or many times before)
In 1997, the family moved house yet again.
Once again, Drew was under arrest.

2. back to the same state or situation that you were in before:
She stayed and nursed him back to health again.
It’s great to have you home again.

3. all over again if you do something all over again, you repeat it from the beginning:
I had to write the essay all over again.

4. as much/as many/the same again the same amount or number as you have just had, said etc:
What a fantastic lunch. I could eat the same again.
Nearly as many again died from pneumonia.
The amount of crime is about half as much again (=the same in addition to half that amount) as it was in 1973.
‘Another drink?’ ‘Yes, same again (=the same drink again), please.’

5. spoken used to give a fact or opinion that explains or adds to something you have just said:
And again, these workshops will benefit the community widely.

6. then/there again spoken used to introduce an idea or fact that is different from something you have just said, or makes it seem less likely to be true:
She says she’s thirty-five. But then again she might be lying.

7. again and again/time and (time) again/over and over again very often – used in order to show disapproval:
I’ve told you again and again, don’t do that!

8. spoken used when you want someone to repeat information that they have already given you:
What did you say your name was again?
⇒ now and again at now¹(5)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

again
adverb
1.
BAD: It's time I gave you your photographs again.
GOOD: It's time I gave you your photographs back.
DUBIOUS: He'd like to have his bicycle again if you've finished with it.
GOOD: He'd like to have his bicycle back if you've finished with it.

Usage Note:
If you give something to the person who gave it to you, you give it back to them. When you mean 'to the person who had it before', 'to the place where something was before' etc, use back (NOT again ): 'He took the camera back to the shop and asked for his money back.' 'Shall I put these books back on the shelf?'

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2.
BAD: I'll phone you again in five minutes.
GOOD: I'll phone you back in five minutes.

Usage Note:
If you telephone someone after they have telephoned you, you call/ring/phone them back: 'Put down the receiver and I'll call you back.'

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3.
BAD: I would like to visit again some of these places.
GOOD: I would like to visit some of these places again.
BAD: I'll give you again my address.
GOOD: I'll give you my address again.

Usage Note:
Again (= a second time) usually comes after the object: 'It's wonderful to see you again.' 'Would you like to watch the film again?'

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4.
See REPEAT (repeat)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

again
əˈɡen
See: come again , every now and then or every now and again , now and then or now and again , off again , on again or on again , off again , something else again , then again , time and again , you said it or you can say that again

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲