Meanings
adverb
- colloquialUsed to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded
I'm too tired to go out tonight, but there again it might wake me up.
Synonyms: then again
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUsed to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded
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Origin
Probably a reanalysis of thereagain
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APA
there again. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there%20again
MLA
“there again.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there%20again. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “there again,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there%20again.
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