Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - again

~ S1 W1 adv 1 if something happens again, or someone does something again, it happens or they do it one more time  (Can you say that again? I didn't hear you. | I'll never go there again. | I'm sorry, Mr Khan's line is busy. Can you try again later?) once ~ (=again, usually for at least the third time)  (Once again the Allies marched in and pushed back the enemy troops.) yet ~ (=again, after happening many times before)  (Can you believe it! He told that story about his teeth yet again.) 2 back to the same state or situation that you were in before  (His parents stayed and nursed him back to health again. | It's great to have you home again.) 3 all over ~ if you do something all over again, you repeat it from the beginning  (There's no tape in the machine. We'll have to start the interview all over again.) 4 as much/as many/the same ~ the same number or amount added to what there already is  (What a fantastic lunch. I could eat the same again. | I thought my job was good until I heard Bernard earns twice as much again.) 5 used when giving a fact or opinion that either explains something you have just said, of is very different from it  (And again, while the accident was not your fault, the damage must be paid for somehow.) then/there ~ spoken  (Carol's always had nice clothes but then again she earns a lot.) 6 ~ and ~/time and (time) ~/over and over ~ very often  (I've told you again and again, Don't play soccer near the windows.) 7 spoken used when you want someone to repeat information that they have already given you  (What did you say your name was again?)  (- see also now and ~ (now1 (6)))