Advertisement
Advertisement
there
1[ thair; unstressed ther ]
adverb
- in or at that place ( here ):
She is there now.
- at that point in an action, speech, etc.:
He stopped there for applause.
- in that matter, particular, or respect:
His anger was justified there.
- into or to that place; thither:
We went there last year.
- (used by way of calling attention to something or someone):
There they go.
- in or at that place where you are:
Well, hi there.
pronoun
- (used to introduce a sentence or clause in which the verb comes before its subject or has no complement):
There is no hope.
noun
- that place:
He comes from there, too.
- that point, state, condition, etc.:
I'll introduce you to her, but you're on your own from there on.
adjective
- (used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective):
Ask that man there.
interjection
- (used to express satisfaction, relief, encouragement, approval, consolation, etc.):
There! It's done.
-there
2- a combining form meaning “wild animal, beast,” used in the formation of compound words, usually denoting extinct mammals, as adaptions of zoological taxa ending in -therium or -theria: baluchithere.
there
/ ðɛə /
adverb
- in, at, or to that place, point, case, or respect
I'm afraid I disagree with you there
we never go there
pronoun
- used as a grammatical subject with some verbs, esp be, when the true subject is an indefinite or mass noun phrase following the verb as complement
there is a girl in that office
there doesn't seem to be any water left
adjective
- postpositive who or which is in that place or position
that boy there did it
- all therepredicative having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- so therean exclamation that usually follows a declaration of refusal or defiance
you can't have any more, so there!
- there and then or then and thereon the spot; immediately; instantly
- there it isthat is the state of affairs
- there you are
- an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
- an exclamation of triumph
there you are, I knew that would happen!
noun
- that place
near there
from there
interjection
- an expression of sympathy, as in consoling a child
Usage Note
Usage
Grammar Note
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of there1
Idioms and Phrases
- been there, done that, Informal. (used to say that you have experienced or are familiar with something and now think it is boring or of little worth):
A big house in the suburbs? Been there, done that.
- there is / are, (used to indicate the existence or occurrence of something or someone):
There is some bark missing near the base of the tree.
However, there are still ways to be healthy even while having a busy schedule.
More idioms and phrases containing there
- all there
- get there
- hang in (there)
- here and there
- here, there, and everywhere
- in there pitching
- neither here nor there
- no smoke without (where there's smoke there's) fire
- nothing to it (there's)
- somebody up there loves me
- take it from here (there)
- then and there
- where there's a will
- while there's life there's hope
Example Sentences
"We girls were not allowed to feel any inferiority on account of our sex. Everything was equal. We had all the freedom that a boy had; we could ride, climb trees, play any game we chose to. There were no restrictions," she said in an interview about her childhood.
In her memoir Abida describes the discrimination she began facing in Bhopal; how her family, who had lived there peacefully for generations, began to be treated as "outsiders".
There, Nila was reunited with her friends from the singing group.
But Nila knew there were millions of women and girls in Afghanistan who were just as capable - although with less access to the opportunities she had.
"The world is a very scary place, but there is an approach that is more Gen Z-like... and we can take little steps and... do whatever we can."
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse