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Definition: Time And Again |
Time And AgainAdverb1. Repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Time And AgainSynonyms: again and again (adv), over and over (adv), over and over again (adv), time and time again (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repetition | Again and again; over and over, over and over again; recursively; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year; day by day; many times, several times, a number of times; many a time, full many a time; frequently. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I've told you time and again. (Old Yeller; writing credit: Fred Gipson;) Convivial company, time and again. Dorcas and Phyllis and Glynis are sorts I'll agree are three jolly good sports But cream of the crop, tip of the top It's Mary Poppins, and there we stop! (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh) | |
Lyrics | You stated your case time and again (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) | |
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Golo Mann | Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Time and again, they proved that there is nothing we Americans cannot achieve as free men and women. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But time and again Saddam Hussein flatly rejected the path of diplomacy and peace. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
time and again | 23 |
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| Language | Translations for "time and again"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpesh (constantly, frequently, oft, often, oftentimes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хиляди пъти, пак и пак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 屢次 (repeatedly), 屢 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuon tuostakin (again and again), tavantakaa (every little while), kerta toisensa jälkeen (time after time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | immer wieder (again and again, over and over, perennially, repeatedly, time and (time) again). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא אחת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | néhányszor, ismételten (again, anew, over, over and over, over and over again, repeatedly, time and time again, to reconsider), időről-időre (from time to time), újra meg újra (over and over, over and over again, time and time again). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imetay anday againay de nenumãrate ori (heaps of times), de multe ori (many a time, often), în repetate rânduri (many time and oft, once and again, over and over again). (various references) неоднократно (more than once, on repeated occasions, once and again, repeatedly). (various references) učestalo (frequently, oft, thickly). (various references) gång på gång (over and over, over and over again, repeatedly, time after time), gång och gång. (various references) tekrar tekrar (again and again, always, over and over, repeatedly, scores of times, thrice, time after time), defalarca (again and again, always, fast, for the nth time, for the umpteenth time, heaps of times, numbers of times, over and over, repeatedly, scores of times, time after time, times without numbers, tons of times). (various references) часто (again, frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, oft-times, thick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | quater. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-t" | |
-1 letter: deaminating. | |
-2 letters: adamantine, amantadine, antianemia, maintained. | |
-3 letters: animating, detaining, emanating, inanimate, mandating, manganate, manganite, mediating. | |
-4 letters: agminate, amandine, amanitin, amending, animated, diamante, enditing, enigmata, ideating, imagined, indagate, indamine, indigent, maintain. | |
-5 letters: adamant, amanita, amentia, amidine, anaemia, andante, animate, anteing, antigen, antiman, damning, deaning, denting, diamine, dieting, dinting, editing, gateman, gentian, ignatia, ignited, imagine, indamin, indigen. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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