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again-

again- prefix: prefix meaning again, against, back, or in return.

Prefix

again-

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) Prefix meaning again, against, back, or in return.

Origin of again-

From Middle English agen-, ayen-, from Old English ongēan- (“towards, opposite, against, back, again, anew”). More at again.

Questions about again-

What does again- mean?
Again- means prefix meaning again, against, back, or in return.
What part of speech is again-?
Again- is a prefix.

Words near again- in the dictionary

  1. Agafonik
  2. Agag
  3. Agags
  4. again
  5. again and again
  6. again-
  7. again-coming
  8. againbite
  9. againe
  10. againest
  11. againness

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