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afresh

/ʌˈfɹɛʃ/

afresh adverb: anew; again; once more.

Adverb

afresh (comparative more afresh, superlative most afresh)

  1. Anew; again; once more.
    • We ditched the original design and decided to start afresh.
    Synonyms:
    newly

afresh meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

afresh in Tamil

புதிதாக, புதியதாக, மறுபடியும்

afresh in Urdu

afresh
ازسرنو az sar-e-nau

afresh in Malayalam

പുതുതായി, നവമായി, വീണ്ടും

afresh in Kannada

ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ, ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ, ಪುನಃ, ಇನ್ನೊಮ್ಮೆ

Examples of afresh in a sentence

  • That was a debacle. We'll start afresh.
  • Julia Child helped one of the world's richer and more puritanical nations to view its menu afresh.
  • Reed read the label and gazed afresh on to the plain of dust.

All 12 example sentences with afresh

Synonyms of afresh

Forms of afresh

comparativemore afresh
superlativemost afresh

Origin of afresh

From Middle English a-fresche, equivalent to a- + fresh. Compare Old English afersċean (“to freshen; become fresh”).

Words formed from afresh

Phrases with afresh

Words that rhyme with afresh

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Questions about afresh

What does afresh mean?
Afresh means anew; again; once more.
What is afresh in Tamil?
Afresh in Tamil is புதிதாக, புதியதாக, மறுபடியும். See Afresh meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is afresh?
Afresh is an adverb.
How do you pronounce afresh?
Afresh is pronounced /ʌˈfɹɛʃ/ (US).

Words near afresh in the dictionary

  1. afreets
  2. afreight
  3. afreit
  4. afreits
  5. Afrena
  6. afresh
  7. afribumab
  8. Afric
  9. Africa
  10. Africa time
  11. Africa-Eurasia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: afresh (page history and authors); afresh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ازسرنو (Urdu) (page history and authors); afresh (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afresh (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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