again
a
ə
ē
gain
ˈgɛn
gen
/əˈɡɛn/ , /əˈɡeÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "again"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ

for one more instance
again definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They laughed at the joke and asked him to tell it again.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ• āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞāĨ¤
02

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ

used to show restoring an original state or location
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the storm, the power came on again around midnight.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāϞāĨ¤
03

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ

used to introduce an extra or additional point
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cost is high; again, we must consider long-term savings.
āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ; āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ

used to restate something forcefully or for clarity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Again, this project is our top priority.
āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤
04

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ

used to suggest an alternative or opposite scenario
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The weather could clear up, or again, it might rain all day.
āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻž āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
05

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ

used to ask someone to repeat information, often at the end of a question
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
How do you spell your name again?
āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?
06

āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇

as a response or retaliation
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The arrow flew, and the bowstring sang again.
āϤ⧀āϰ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϧāύ⧁āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻž āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāχāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ