Meanings
adverbtime after time (not comparable)
- idiomaticnot comparableAgain and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again.
Time after time he tries, and time and again, he fails.
Synonyms: again and again, once and again, over and over, over and over again, repeatedly, time and again, time and time again
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAgain and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again.
Translations
Arabic طورا بعد طور
- طورا بعد طورagain and again
Danish gang på gang
- gang på gangagain and again
Dutch keer op keer
- keer op keeragain and again
Esperanto ree kaj ree
- ree kaj reeagain and again
French encore et encore
- encore et encoreagain and again
Hungarian időről időre
- időről időreagain and again
Italian ripetutamente, ancora ed ancora
- ripetutamenteagain and again
- ancora ed ancoraagain and again
- di volta in voltaagain and again
Norwegian Bokmål gang på gang
- gang på gangagain and again
Polish raz po raz, raz za razem
- raz po razagain and again
- raz za razemagain and again
Portuguese vez após vez
- vez após vezagain and again
Russian раз за ра́зом, сно́ва и сно́ва
- раз за ра́зом (raz za rázom)again and again
- сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva)again and again
- из ра́за в раз (iz ráza v raz)again and again
Spanish una y otra vez
- una y otra vezagain and again
Swedish gång på gång, gång efter annan
- gång på gångagain and again
- gång efter annanagain and again
- om och om igenagain and again
Cite this entry
APA
time after time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20after%20time
MLA
“time after time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20after%20time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time after time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20after%20time.
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