Meanings
- Philippinesespeciallyformalliterarynot comparablepoeticAgain, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.
Each morning, opportunity—like the sun—dawns anew.
1 more example
Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]
1885, Richard F. Burton, “Night 558”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbagain but in a new or different way
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishof niowe
- Middle Englishonew
- Englishanew
From Middle English onew, of newe, from Old English of niowe. By surface analysis, a- (“of, from”) + new.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πάλιν, ἐκ καινῆς
- πάλιν (pálin)again
- ἐκ καινῆς (ek kainês)again
Arabic مَرَّة ثَانِيَة
- مَرَّة ثَانِيَةagain
Bulgarian нано́во
- нано́во (nanóvo)again
Catalan de nou, novament
- de nouagain
- novamentagain
Chinese Mandarin 再, 又
- 再 (zài)again
- 又 (yòu)again
- 再...一遍 (zai4... yíbiàn)again
- 重新 (chóngxīn)again
Danish på ny
- på nyagain
Dutch opnieuw
- opnieuwagain
Esperanto denove
- denoveagain
Estonian uuesti
- uuestiagain
Finnish uudestaan
- uudestaanagain
French à nouveau, derechef
- à nouveauagain
- derechefagain
German erneut, abermals
- erneutagain
- abermalsagain
- neuerlichagain
Greek εκ νέου
- εκ νέου (ek néou)again
Hebrew מחדש
- מחדש (me'khadash)again
Hungarian ismét, megint
- ismétagain
- megintagain
Icelandic á nyju
- á nyjuagain
Italian di nuovo
- di nuovoagain
Japanese 改めて, 再び
- 改めて (aratamete)again
- 再び (futatabi)again
Korean 다시, 새로
- 다시 (dasi)again
- 새로 (saero)again
Latin dē novō, dēnuō
- dē novōagain
- dēnuōagain
Lithuanian vėl
- vėlagain
Norwegian Bokmål på nytt
- på nyttagain
Polish znowu, ponownie
- znowuagain
- ponownieagain
- na nowoagain
- od nowaagain
- znówagain
Portuguese de novo, novamente
- de novoagain
- novamenteagain
Russian за́ново, сно́ва
- за́ново (zánovo)again
- сно́ва (snóva)again
- вновь (vnovʹ)again
- с нуля́ (s nuljá)again
- по-но́вому (po-nóvomu)again
Scottish Gaelic às ùr
- às ùragain
Slovak nanovo
- nanovoagain
Spanish de nuevo, nuevamente
- de nuevoagain
- nuevamenteagain
Swedish på nytt, ånyo
- på nyttagain
- ånyoagain
Turkish yeniden, yine
- yenidenagain
- yineagain
Ukrainian знову, на́ново
- знову (znovu)again
- на́ново (nánovo)again
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anew
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Cite this entry
anew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anew
“anew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anew. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anew.
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