Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there again

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English

Syllables: there a-gain
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Used to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I'm too tired to go out tonight, but there again it might wake me up."

Etymology

Probably a reanalysis of thereagain

Usage

Colloquial

Synonyms

then again

Questions

What does there again mean?: Used to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded
Where does there again come from?: Probably a reanalysis of thereagain

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