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# afresh

adverb

«afresh» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Again from the beginning, in a new way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#m1)
2. Once more, newly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and instructions when someone starts something over: start afresh, look at it afresh. It tells the reader there is a new start or a fresh view. Common in school when work goes wrong and you begin again. Phrases: start afresh, begin afresh, look at something afresh.

### Examples

- I made a mess of my drawing, so I started afresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x1)
- After the argument, the friends decided to begin afresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x2)
- The family moved to Australia to start life afresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x3)
- Look at the problem afresh tomorrow and you might see the answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x4)
- The snow had fallen afresh in the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x5)
- Let's read the question afresh and check each step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x6)
- The new term is a chance to start afresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x7)
- And the woman began to weep afresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/#x8)

### Note

Adverb, so it describes the verb (start afresh). Similar: anew, again, from scratch. A little formal or bookish; in speech people say "start again" or "start over" (US).

## In Jewish tradition

Used in stories and instructions when someone starts something over: start afresh, look at it afresh. It tells the reader there is a new start or a fresh view. Common in school when work goes wrong and you begin again. Phrases: start afresh, begin afresh, look at something afresh.

### Examples

- My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. (Writings JOB.7.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/afresh/#x1)

### Note

Adverb, so it describes the verb (start afresh). Similar: anew, again, from scratch. A little formal or bookish; in speech people say "start again" or "start over" (US).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «afresh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«afresh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/afresh.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «afresh» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/afresh/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«afresh» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/afresh.html) on Mova free.