What is "again and again"

Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge['a]n, against, again; on + ge['a]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. Gainsay.]

1. In return, back; as, bring us word again.

2. Another time; once more; anew.

   If a man die, shall he live again?
   --Job xiv. 14.

3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.

4. In any other place. [Archaic]
   --Bacon.

5. On the other hand. ``The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.''
   --Shak.

6. Moreover; besides; further.

   Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc.
   --Herschel.

   Again and again, more than once; often; repeatedly.

   Now and again, now and then; occasionally.

   To and again, to and fro. [Obs.]
   --De Foe.

   Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc.

adv. (context idiomatic English) repeatedly.

adv. repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text" [syn: over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again]

"Again and Again" is the lead single taken from Jewel's sixth studio album, Goodbye Alice In Wonderland. Promotional singles of the song were sent out in late February 2006 (US); however, the single didn't start to gain airplay till about mid-April 2006.

Again and Again is an album recorded by Chick Corea in 1982 in the middle of a South African tour and released in 1983.

Again and Again may refer to:

• Again and Again (album), a 1983 album by Chick Corea
• Again and Again (Oliver Lake album), a 1991 album
• Again & Again, a 2010 album by Thieves Like Us

• "Again and Again" (2PM song)
• "Again & Again" (Fancy song)
• "Again and Again" (Jewel song)
• "Again and Again" (Status Quo song)
• "Again & Again" (Taproot song)
• "Again & Again", a song by The Bird and the Bee from Again and Again and Again and Again
• "Again and Again", a song by Fireworks from All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion
• "Again and Again", a song by The Hospitals from The Hospitals
• "Again and Again", a song by Keane from Perfect Symmetry
• "Again & Again", a song by The Bird and The Bee from their self-titled album
• "Again and Again", a song by Bob Mould from District Line

"Again and Again" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1978. It was issued to coincide with the band's headline appearance at the Reading Festival on 26 August 1978.

Again and Again is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake, which was recorded in 1991 and released on the Gramavision label. He composed eight ballads for a quartet with pianist John Hicks, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.