again
Another time: indicating a repeat of an actionAnother time: indicating a repeat of an action.
» Could you call again later, please?
Könntest du bitte später zurückrufen?
Könnten Sie bitte später zurückrufen?
Не могли бы вы перезвонить позже?
Не мог бы ты перезвонить позже?
Не могли бы вы перезвонить позднее?
Не мог бы ты перезвонить позднее?
Ти не міг біг передзвонити пізніше, будь ласка?
Meaning
12 senses(not comparable)Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.
wieder, noch einmal
опя́тьopjátʹ, сно́ваsnóva, ещё разješčó raz
зно́вуznóvu, зновznov, ще разšče raz
(not comparable)Back (to a former place or state).
We need to bring the old customs to life again.
The South will rise again.
wieder, zurück
наза́дnazád, обра́тноobrátno
(not comparable)Over and above a factor of one.
This stick is quite long, but that other one is half as long again.
(not comparable)Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
Great, thanks again!
Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
(not comparable)Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
What's that called again?
nochmal, gleich, doch
говори́теgovoríte
(not comparable)I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.
(not comparable)Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it.
(not comparable)Moreover; besides; further.
(not comparable, obsolete)Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
Bring us word again.
(not comparable, obsolete)In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
(not comparable, obsolete)In any other place.
(not comparable, obsolete)On the other hand.
- anew
Examples
13111 sentencesCould you call again later, please?
Ти не міг біг передзвонити пізніше, будь ласка?
ruНе могли бы вы перезвонить позже?
deKönntest du bitte später zurückrufen?
I want to see you again.
Я хочу побачити тебе знову.
ruХочу вновь увидеть тебя.
deIch will dich wiedersehen.
We hope to see you again.
Сподіваємося знову вас побачити.
ruНадеемся снова вас увидеть.
deWir hoffen, dich wiederzusehen.
I want to see them again.
Я хочу знову їх побачити.
ruЯ хочу увидеть их снова.
deIch möchte sie wiedersehen.
I hope you will call again.
Сподіваюся, ти ще зателефонуєш.
ruНадеюсь, что вы ещё позвоните.
deIch hoffe, du rufst wieder an.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan (“against, again”), from Proto-West GerFrom 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 analysis, on- + gain (“against”).
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Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- do that again
- happen again
- doing that again
- each other again
- do this again
- be late again
- back here again
- again tomorrow
- never happen again
- won't happen again
- late again
- to walk again