afresh
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of afresh
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.
Vocabulary lists containing afresh
Example Sentences
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They are further stretched by those who self-evacuate through having more than one passport, along with the wealth or the social network to start afresh.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
As Saar’s 100th birthday approached, her work and its groundbreaking importance were celebrated afresh in a slew of articles, including two recent profiles in The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
If we were starting the season afresh, you'd just go after your opponent and just finish the job off.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
The emirate, now home to some 240,000 Britons, represented a place to start afresh, far from the rising costs, political upheavals and overbearing class system back home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Then as autumn came they set to their tasks afresh, practicing new magic.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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