ONCE AGAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does once again mean? 

• ONCE AGAIN (adverb)
  The adverb ONCE AGAIN has 1 sense:

1. anew

  Familiarity information: ONCE AGAIN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONCE AGAIN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anew

Synonyms:

again; once again; once more; over again

Context example:

they rehearsed the scene again

 Context examples 

God be thanked that we have once again a clue, though whither it may lead us we know not.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“I am a sick man, a very sick man,” he repeated again, and yet once again.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Once again, seriously; may I enjoy the great good that has been vouchsafed to me, without fearing that any one else is suffering the bitter pain I myself felt a while ago?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And when he was sitting beside her and very happy, news came that his father lay sick unto death, and desired to see him once again before his end.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Once again, the tests showed that the material released nutrients slowly.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

"Be careful," her mother warned her once again.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At the same time, Per and Cry increase transcription of Bmal1 and Clock genes, to initiate the next phase of the cycle once again.

(Circadian Rhythm Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Dear Agnes, the happiness it is to me, to see you once again!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Once again we were able to visit our camp and get at our stores.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The two friends chatted in intimate converse for a few minutes, recalling once again the days of the past, while their prisoner vainly wriggled to undo the bonds that held him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)