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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. repeatedly;
- Example: "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text"
[syn: over and over, again and again, over and over again, time and again, time and time again]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge['a]n, against, again; on + ge['a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. [1913 Webster] 2. Another time; once more; anew. [1913 Webster] If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14. [1913 Webster] 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. [1913 Webster] 4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 5. On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. Moreover; besides; further. [1913 Webster] Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. --Herschel. [1913 Webster] Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly. Now and again, now and then; occasionally. To and again, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe. [1913 Webster] Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc. [1913 Webster] Again
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

again and again adv 1: repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text" [syn: over and over, again and again, over and over again, time and again, time and time again]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "again and again": ad infinitum, at a stretch, ceaselessly, commonly, connectedly, constantly, continually, continuously, cumulatively, cyclically, day after day, day by day, endlessly, frequently, habitually, in many instances, incessantly, interminably, many a time, many times, many times over, monotonously, most often, much, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, on a stretch, on and on, on end, ordinarily, over and over, perennially, recurrently, repeatedly, repetitively, round the clock, routinely, several times, time after time, time and again, times without number, together, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, unrelievedly, unseldom, usually, whenever you wish, without a break, without cease, without stopping, year after year