afresh
pronunciation
How to pronounce afresh in British English:
UK [əˈfreʃ]
How to pronounce afresh in American English:
US [əˈfrɛʃ]
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- Adverb:
- again but in a new or different way
Word Origin
- afresh (adv.)
- c. 1500, perhaps on analogy of anew [see note in OED], from a- (1) + fresh (adj.).
Example
- 1. If not , somebody needs to think afresh .
- 2. Macfarlane 's book made me think I should tackle the subject afresh .
- 3. With an al-qaida splinter group thought to be behind the kidnapping , we are reminded afresh that the jihadist threat is real and must be taken seriously .
- 4. Thinking afresh is the easier bit .
- 5. Mr jobs is famously unsentimental , and took being forced out of apple as an opportunity to think afresh .