time and again

adverb

Often; repeatedly.

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time and time againtime after timeagain and againover and overover and over againrepeatedly
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Meanings

adverbtime and again (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOften; repeatedly.

    Mario Gotze was inventive, Lewandowski a menace, and Shinji Kagawa a constant source of energy as, time and again, the hosts played through a porous Arsenal midfield.

    2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC
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    For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used.

    1959 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Clas "9" 2-10-0s: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 556

    Synonyms: time and time again, time after time, again and again, over and over, over and over again

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbOften; repeatedly.

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time and time againtime after timeagain and againover and overover and over again

More synonyms by meaning

adverbrepeatedly

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over and overagain and againover and over againtime and time againrepeatedly
Also see
again and againcontinuallyonce and againover and overover and over againrepeatedlyseverallytime after timetime and time again

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا
  • مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran)often; repeatedly
Chinese Mandarin 反反復復 /反反复复, 一次又一次
  • 反反復復 /反反复复 (fǎnfǎnfùfù)often; repeatedly
  • 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì)often; repeatedly
Danish gang på gang, igen og igen
  • gang på gangoften; repeatedly
  • igen og igenoften; repeatedly
Dutch keer op keer
  • keer op keeroften; repeatedly
Estonian ikka ja jälle, korduvalt
  • ikka ja jälleoften; repeatedly
  • korduvaltoften; repeatedly
Finnish kerta toisensa jälkeen, toistuvasti
  • kerta toisensa jälkeenoften; repeatedly
  • toistuvastioften; repeatedly
French à maintes reprises, maintes fois
  • à maintes reprisesoften; repeatedly
  • maintes foisoften; repeatedly
  • à de nombreuses reprisesoften; repeatedly
German immer wieder
  • immer wiederoften; repeatedly
Hindi बार बार
  • बार बार (bār bār)often; repeatedly
Persian چندین و چندبار
  • چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr)often; repeatedly
Polish wielokrotnie, raz po raz
  • wielokrotnieoften; repeatedly
  • raz po razoften; repeatedly
Portuguese repetidas vezes, uma vez atrás da outra
  • repetidas vezesoften; repeatedly
  • uma vez atrás da outraoften; repeatedly
  • uma e outra vezoften; repeatedly
Russian то и де́ло, неоднокра́тно
  • то и де́ло (to i délo)often; repeatedly
  • неоднокра́тно (neodnokrátno)often; repeatedly
Scottish Gaelic uair is uair
  • uair is uairoften; repeatedly
Spanish una y otra vez, repetidas veces
  • una y otra vezoften; repeatedly
  • repetidas vecesoften; repeatedly
  • una vez tras otraoften; repeatedly
Swedish gång på gång, gång efter annan
  • gång på gångoften; repeatedly
  • gång efter annanoften; repeatedly
Turkish defalarca, tekrar tekrar
  • defalarcaoften; repeatedly
  • tekrar tekraroften; repeatedly
Urdu بار بار, بارہا
  • بار بار (bār-bār)often; repeatedly
  • بارہا (bārhā)often; repeatedly
  • گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī)often; repeatedly
Cite this entry
APA

time and again. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20and%20again

MLA

“time and again.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20and%20again. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time and again,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20and%20again.

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