there
/ðə(ɹ)/ adverb, interjection, noun, pronoun
Forms theres dar der dere thur thar dey thare
- adverb (location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here). “I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.”
- adverb (figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place. “He did not stop there, but continued his speech.”
- adverb (as complement of ‘be’) In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there. “You know that I will always be there for you.”
- adverb (as complement of ‘be’) In existence in some place. “I know that aliens are there, somewhere.”
- adverb (informal, as complement of ‘be’) In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted. “If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!”
- adverb (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located ‘away’ from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person. “Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.”
- adverb (dialect) After certain determiners, especially ‘them’, ‘that’ and ‘those’, used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there. “Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.”
- adverb (informal, as complement of ‘be’) In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there. “I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.”
- interjection Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now. “There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.”
- interjection Used to express victory or completion. “There! That knot should hold.”
- noun That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied). “We need someone to take us from here to there.”
- noun That situation; that position. “You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.”
- pronoun Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied. “There was just a bed, a wardrobe and some bookshelves.”
- pronoun Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
- pronoun Used with other verbs, when raised. “There aren't supposed to be two people at the post.”
- pronoun (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
- pronoun (colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc. “Hi there, young fellow.”
Synonyms
over there away there yonder thither at that place in that location in that respect on that point
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r.
Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).
Webster’s 1913
- adverb In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." Shak.
- adverb In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
Etymology [OE. ther, AS. th\'d6r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dar, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. Þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. *184. See That, pron.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “there”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details