Again vs Anon - What's the difference?
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(label) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
* 1526 , The Bible , tr. (William Tyndale), (w) 2:
Back (to a former place or state).
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), chapter=19
, title= (label) In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
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* , II.31:
* , I.2.4.vii:
* 1852–3 , (Charles Dickens), (Bleak House)
Another time; once more.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again';
* , chapter=1
, title= * 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
* 1979 , Charles Edward Daniels et al., “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (song), Million Mile Reflections , Charlie Daniels Band, Epic Records:
* 2010 , Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian , 30 October:
Over and above a factor of one.
* 1908 December 10, , “New Genera and Species of Crinoids”, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , Volume XXI,
# Tell me again, say again;
# I ask again, I say again;
# Here too, here also, in this case as well;
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(label) In any other place.
(label) On the other hand.
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564–1616)
Moreover; besides; further.
* (rfdate) Hersche
(obsolete or dialectal) Against.
* 1485 , Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book X:
* 1924 , J H Wilkinson, Leeds Dialect Glossary and Lore , page 60
* 2003 , Glasgow Sunday Herald, page 16, column 2:
(archaic) Straightway; at once.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
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* {{quote-book, year = 1866
, author = Algernon Swinburne
, authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
, title = After death
, section = lines 47–50
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Soon; in a little while.
* {{quote-book, year = 1598
, author = John Stow
, authorlink = John Stow
, title = A Suruay of London
, ol = 18584211M
, passage = for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone .
, transliteration = forasmuch as the same consisteth not in the extremes, but in a very mediocrity of wealth and riches, as it shall better appear anon .
}}
At another time; then; again.
* {{quote-book, year = 1593
, author = William Shakespeare
, authorlink = William Shakespeare
, title =
, ol = 18594545M
}}
An anonymous person, especially an author
* 1904 , Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald , vol. 1, page 94
* 1940 , , "Anon".
* 2004 , Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre , page 207
* 2006 , J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English , page 185
A work with an unknown author
* 1984 , Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club" , page 214
A work without a title
anonymous
As an adverb again
is (label) back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.As a preposition again
is (obsolete or dialectal) against.As a noun anon is
young donkey, donkey foal.again
English
(wikipedia again)Alternative forms
* againe, agayne, ageyne (obsolete); agin (colloquial or humorous)Adverb
(-)- And after they were warned in ther slepe, that they shulde not go ageyne to Herod, they retourned into ther awne countre another way.
The China Governess, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
- but Merlyn warned the kynge couertly that gweneuer was not holsome for hym to take to wyf / for he warned hym that launcelot shold loue her and she hym ageyne
- So women are never angrie, but to the end a man should againe be angrie with them, therein imitating the lawes of Love.
- Thus men are plagued with women, they again with men, when they are of diverse humours and conditions.
- As he lies in the light before a glaring white target, the black upon him shines again .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
- He tangled in tree-tops again' and ' again / And barely missed hitting a tri-motored plane.
- Johnny said, “Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again / I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I’m the best that’s ever been.”
- The last sentence is so shocking, I have to read it again .
pp.229–230:
- Cirri l-lxxx, 15, about 12mm. long; first two joints short, about twice as broad as long; third about one-third again' [=one and one-third times] as long as broad; fourth and fifth the longest, about half ' again [=one and a half times] as long as broad;.
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again , the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
- (Francis Bacon)
- The one is my sovereignthe other again is my kinsman.
- Again , it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
Derived terms
* again and again * again-coming * once againPreposition
(English prepositions)- And here begynneth the treson of Kynge Marke that he ordayned agayne Sir Trystram.
- Ah'd like to wahrn (warn) thi agaan 'evvin owt to dew wi' that chap.
- You may think you are all on the same side, agin the government.
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*Usage notes
The pronunciation /???e?n/ is chiefly poetic. 200 English basic words English sequence adverbs 1000 English basic words ----anon
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), from on (in) + an (one). See on and one.Adverb
(-)- CALIBAN: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon , / I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.
- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon :
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
- With gentle majesty and modest pride;
- Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
- As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd...
Derived terms
* ever and anon * still and anonEtymology 2
From (anonymous), by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons' [''sic''] song .... ' Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons' ) occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)
- On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons " and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her'' and ''Cast Away in The Cold . Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.