again

Universal Words adverb 1 one more time; on another occasion: Could you say it again, please? * When will I see you again? * This must never happen again. * Once again (= as had happened several times before), the train was late. * I've told you again and again (= many times) not to do that. * I'll have to write it all over again (= again from the beginning). 2 showing that sb/sth is in the same place or state that they were in originally: He was glad to be home again. * She spends two hours a day getting to work and back again. * You'll soon feel well again. 3 added to an amount that is already there: The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago. * I'd like the same again (= the same amount or the same thing), please. 4 used to show that a comment or fact is connected with what you have just said: And again, we must think of the time involved. 5 then / there ~ used to introduce a fact or an opinion that contrasts with what you have just said: We might buy it but then again we might not. 6 (spoken) used when you ask sb to tell you sth or repeat sth that you think they have told you already: What was the name again? IDIOMS see NOWadv., SAMEpron., TIMEn.