again

A1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

Also spelled againe and agen

US /əˈɡɛ̟n/ UK /əˈɡɛ̟n/ See IPA manual

adv Freq #147

Meanings

1

adv
One more time; once more.

They tried again and finally succeeded.
2

adv
Back to a previous place, state, or condition.

Once the medicine took effect, she felt like herself again.

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Synonyms

1 adv · one more time; once more. once againonce more

Word family

Derived forms again-comingagainnessagenbiteborn-againcut-and-come-againturnagain

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *ganganąder.? Proto-Germanic *gagin Proto-Germanic *in gagin Proto-West Germanic *in gagin Old English onġēan Middle English agayn English again From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Cognate with German entgegen (“contrary to”), North Frisian ijen (“against”), Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”), and Icelandic í gegnum (“through”). By surface…

agayn Middle English onġēan Old English *in gagin Proto-Germanic

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# again

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** əˈɡɛ̟n
**IPA (UK):** əˈɡɛ̟n
**Frequency rank:** 147

## Meanings
1. One more time; once more.
2. Back to a previous place, state, or condition.

## Examples
- They tried again and finally succeeded.
- Once the medicine took effect, she felt like herself again.

## Derived Forms
- again-coming
- againness
- agenbite
- born-again
- cut-and-come-again
- turnagain

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: agayn
- Root: onġēan
- Root: *in gagin

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *ganganąder.? Proto-Germanic *gagin Proto-Germanic *in gagin Proto-West Germanic *in gagin Old English onġēan Middle English agayn English again From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Cognate with German entgegen (“contrary to”), North Frisian ijen (“against”), Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”), and Icelandic í gegnum (“through”). By surface…

## AI Etymology
Again comes from Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West Germanic *in gagin, from Proto-Germanic *in gagin. Cognate with German entgegen (“contrary to”), North Frisian ijen (“against”), Danish igen (“again”), Swedish igen (“again”), and Norwegian Bokmål igjen (“again”), and Icelandic í gegnum (“through”).

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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