“heres” is a form of
here
UK /ˈhɪə̯/ · US /ˈhɪɚ̯/ adverb, adjective, noun, interjection
Also a form of her
Forms heres
- adverb (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. “You wait here while I fetch my coat.”
- adverb (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.) “I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.”
- adverb (abstract) In this matter. “You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.”
- adverb (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now. “Flu season is here.”
- adverb (abstract) In this context. “Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.”
- adverb (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person. “Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.”
- adverb (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here. “This here orange is too sour.”
- adverb (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither. “Please come here.”
- adjective Alive “I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!”
- noun This place; this location. “Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.”
- noun (figuratively) This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location. “I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.”
- noun (abstract) This time, the present situation.
- interjection (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener. “Here, now I'm giving it to you.”
- interjection (Ireland, UK, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want. “Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.”
- interjection (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way. “Here! You! Stop doing that!”
- interjection Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present. “Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?”
- interjection Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker. “"Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!"”
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Etymology
From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
Webster’s 1913
- pronoun Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
- noun Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- pronoun See Her, their. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- pronoun Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Etymology [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of he. See He.]
Etymology [OE. her, AS. h; akin to OS. h, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h, Dan. her, Sw. här; fr. root of E. he. See He.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “here”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details