afresh

American  

[uh-fresh] / əˈfrɛʃ /

adverb

1. anew; once more; again.

   to start afresh.

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afresh British  

/ əˈfrɛʃ /

adverb

1. once more; once again; anew

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Etymology

Origin of afresh

First recorded in 1500–10; a- ² + fresh

Explanation

When you do something afresh, you start it again as if it's the first time. You might, for example, start afresh baking a new apple pie after burning the first one. When you see the adverb afresh, it's often following "start" or "begin." Doing something afresh is getting a fresh start, or a complete do-over. Your grandfather might start afresh with his new job as a goat farmer after a lifetime working as an accountant. Or you might start afresh with a classmate you used to argue with, determined to find a way to get along. In both examples, someone is approaching things in a brand new way.

Example Sentences

Another, company, Afresh, digests supermarket data to look for wasteful mismatches between what a store is stocking, and what people are buying.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

But warmer suns erelong shall bring To life the frozen sod; And, through dead leaves of hope, shall spring Afresh the flowers of Cod!

From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Carhart, Margaret Spraque

Therefore the wretch inclined Afresh to the Invisible, who, he saith, Can raise him high: with vows of living faith For little signs.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

Afresh, as before, for the famed-in-battle, for the band of the hall, was a banquet dight nobly anew.

From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton

Alas, Telemachus! my sorrows flow Afresh for thee, my second cause of woe!

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

Related Words

• anew
• once more