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[heer] Pronunciation Key

–adverb

1.	in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.

2.	to or toward this place; hither: Come here.

3.	at this point; at this juncture: Here the speaker paused.

4.	(used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers): Here is your paycheck. My friend here knows the circumstances.

5.	present (used to answer a roll call).

6.	in the present life or existence (often fol. by below): We want but little here below.

7.	under consideration, in this instance or case: The matter here is of grave concern to us all.

–noun

8.	this place: It's only a short distance from here.

9.	this world; this life; the present: The here and the hereafter are equal mysteries to all people.

–adjective

10.	(used for emphasis, esp. after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective): this package here.

–interjection

11.	(often used to command attention, give comfort, etc.) now; all right: Here, let me try it. Here, don't cry.

—Idioms

12.	here and now, at the present moment; without delay; immediately: We must tend to the matter here and now.

13.	here and now, the immediate present (usually prec. by the): You can't live only in the here and now.

14.

here and there,

a.	in this place and in that; at various times or places: He worked here and there, never for long in one town.

b.	hither and thither: We drove here and there in the darkness, hoping to find the right roads.

15.	here goes, (used to express resolution in beginning a bold or unpleasant action): You've dared me to dive from the highest board, so here goes!

16.	here's to, hail to; salutations to: Here's to a long and happy life! Here's to you!

17.	neither here nor there, without relevance or importance; immaterial: The fact that her family has no money is neither here nor there.

18.

up to here with,

a.	having a surfeit of: I'm up to here with work.

b.	at a high point of annoyance with: Everyone is up to here with his constant complaining.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE hér; c. G hier, ON, Goth hér

]

—Usage note 10. See there.

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He·re

[heer-ee] Pronunciation Key

–noun

Hera.

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He·ra (hîr'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. Greek Mythology
The goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth; the wife and sister of Zeus.

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here (hîr) Pronunciation Key
adv.

At or in this place: Stop here for a rest.
At this time; now: We'll adjourn the meeting here and discuss remaining issues after lunch.
At or on this point, detail, or item: Here I must disagree.
In the present life or condition.
To this place; hither: Come here, please.

adj.

Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun this or these, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective this or these: This tire here is flat.
Nonstandard Used for emphasis between the demonstrative adjective this or these and a noun: This here tire is flat.

interj. Used to respond to a roll call, attract attention, command an animal, or rebuke, admonish, or concur.

n.

This place: "It would be difficult from here, with the certainty of armed gunmen inside, to bring him out alive" (Howard Kaplan).
The present time or state: We are living in the here and can only speculate about the hereafter.

[Middle English, from Old English hēr; see ko- in Indo-European roots.]

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He·re (hîr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. Variant of Hera.

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here

O.E. her "in this place, where one puts himself," from P.Gmc. pronomial stem *khi- (from PIE *ki- "this") + adverbial suffix -r. The same base is the source of he. Hereafter is O.E. heræfter; heretofore preserves obsolete O.E. toforan. Phrase here today and gone tomorrow first recorded 1687, in writings of Aphra Behn.

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here
adjective
1.	being here now; "is everyone here?"
adverb
1.	in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth" [ant: at that place]
2.	in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree"
3.	to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please" [ant: there]
4.	at this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon"
noun
1.	the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?" [ant: there]
2.	queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno [syn: Hera]

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here

In addition to the idioms beginning with here, also see buck stops here; downhill all the way (from here); have had it (up to here); neither here nor there; same here; where do we go from here.

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Here

Here\, n. Hair. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Here

Here\, pron. 1. See Her, their. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Here

Here\, adv. [OE. her, AS. h?r; akin to OS. h?r, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h?r, Dan. her, Sw. h["a]r; fr. root of E. he. See He.]

1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.

He is not here, for he is risen. --Matt. xxviii. 6.

2. In the present life or state.

Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon.

3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.

Here comes Virgil. --B. Jonson.

Thou led'st me here. --Byron.

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. --Warren.

Note: Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. "Here's [a health] to thee, Dick." --Cowley.

Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." --Longfellow.

It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. --Shak.

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