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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
But any savings there would be relatively small.
Today there are more than 300,000 video podcast shows on Spotify, the company said.
When asked by an analyst about Spotify’s scale, reach and engagement being smaller than YouTube’s, Spotify Chief Executive Daniel Ek said on an earnings call on Tuesday that “people make it out to be the winner-takes-all dynamic in that there’s only one player that can solve all of it,” but what creators want is to be on multiple platforms.
“That’s certainly what we learned in podcasting and that’s what we’re leaning into,” Ek said, adding that there are many creators on Spotify that only post parts of their content and “new creators that have needs which we aren’t yet fulfilling.”
The celebrity news outlet reports that there were no other contributing factors to his death, per the document.
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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.
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