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there

[th

air; unstressed th

er]

Use There in a Sentence

–adverb

1.	in or at that place (opposed to here ): She is there now.

2.	at that point in an action, speech, etc.: He stopped there for applause.

3.	in that matter, particular, or respect: His anger was justified there.

4.	into or to that place; thither: We went there last year.

5.	(used by way of calling attention to something or someone): There they go.

6.	in or at that place where you are: Well, hi there.

–pronoun

7.	(used to introduce a sentence or clause in which the verb comes before its subject or has no complement): There is no hope.

8.	that place: He comes from there, too.

9.	that point.

–noun

10.	that state or condition: I'll introduce you to her, but you're on your own from there on.

–adjective

11.	(used for emphasis, esp. after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective): Ask that man there.

–interjection

12.	(used to express satisfaction, relief, encouragement, approval, consolation, etc.): There! It's done.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME (adv.), OE thǣr thēr, c. D daar, OHG dār; akin to Goth, ON thar; cf. that

Usage note:
7. The verb following there is singular or plural according to the number of the subject that follows the verb: There is a message for you. There are patients in the waiting room. With compound subjects in which all the coordinate words are singular, a singular verb often occurs, although the plural may also be used: There was (or were) a horse and a cow in the pasture. When a compound subject contains both singular and plural words, the verb usually agrees with the subject closest to the verb, although a plural verb sometimes occurs regardless, especially if the compound has more than two elements: There were staff meetings and a press conference daily. There was (or were) a glass, two plates, two cups, and a teapot on the shelf.
11. It is nonstandard usage to place there between a demonstrative adjective and the noun it modifies: that there car. The same is true of here: these here nails. Placed after the noun, both there and here are entirely standard: that car there; these nails here.

-there

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.

Origin:
< NL -therium (sing.), -theria (pl.) < Gk thēríon, deriv. of th

r beast of prey; akin to feral ¹ , fierce

there's

[th

airz]

1.	contraction of there is: There's the hotel we were looking for.

2.	contraction of there has: There's been entirely too much said on the subject.

Usage note:
See contraction.

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there (thâr)

adv.

At or in that place: sit over there.
To, into, or toward that place: wouldn't go there again.
At that stage, moment, or point: Stop there before you make any more mistakes.
In that matter: I can't agree with him there.
In a readily accesible or discoverable state: The answer is out there. All we have to do is look for it.

pron.

Used to introduce a clause or sentence: There are numerous items. There must be another exit.
Used to indicate an unspecified person in direct address: Hello there.

adj.

Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun that or those, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective that or those: That person there ought to know the directions to town.
Nonstandard Used for emphasis between a demonstrative adjective meaning "that" or "those" and a noun: No one is sitting at that there table. Them there beans ought to be picked.

n. That place or point: stopped and went on from there.
interj. Used to express feelings such as relief, satisfaction, sympathy, or anger: There, now I can have some peace!

[Middle English, from Old English thǣr, thēr; see to- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: The standard rule states that when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be, seem, or appear, the verb agrees in number with the following grammatical subject: There is a great Italian deli across the street. There are fabulous wildflowers in the hills. There seems to be a blueberry pie cooking in the kitchen. There seem to be a few trees between the green and me. Nonetheless, it is common in speech for the contraction there's to be used when technically a plural verb is called for, as in There's a couple of good reasons for going. The Usage Panel dislikes this construction, however. Seventy-nine percent reject the sentence There's only three things you need to know about this book. But when there's is followed by a compound subject whose first element is singular, the Panel feels differently: 56 percent accept the sentence In each of us there's a dreamer and a realist, and an additional 32 percent accept it in informal usage. The Panel is even more accepting of the sentence When you get to the stop light, there's a gas station on the left and a grocery store on the right; 58 percent accept it in formal use, while an additional 37 percent accept it in informal use. Although this usage would seem to violate the rules of subject and verb agreement, the attraction of the verb to the singular noun phrase following it is so strong that it is difficult to avoid the construction entirely. · There may be used as an intensive adjective when placed after a noun preceded by that, but it is considered nonstandard to place there between that and the noun. Thus that there dress is not an acceptable substitute for that dress there. This here is similarly considered nonstandard.

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There

There\, adv. [OE. ther, AS. [eth][=ae]r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. d[=a]r, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. [thorn]ar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. [root]184. See That, pron.]

1. In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." --Shak.

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. --Ge. ii. 8.

Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." --Milton.

2. 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.

The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. --Shak.

3. To or into that place; thither.

The rarest that e'er came there. --Shak.

Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.

A knight there was, and that a worthy man. --Chaucer.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth. --Job xxviii. 7.

Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. --Locke.

There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. --Suckling.

Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.

Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.

Spend their good there it is reasonable. --Chaucer.

Here and there, in one place and another.

Syn: See Thither.

Language Translation for : There

Spanish: allí,

German: dort(-hin),

Japanese: そこに

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there

O.E. þær "in or at that place," from P.Gmc. *thær (cf. O.S. thar, O.Fris. ther, M.L.G. dar, M.Du. daer, Du. daar, O.H.G. dar, Ger. da, Goth. þar, O.N. þar), from PIE *tar- "there" (cf. Skt. tar-hi "then"), from base *to- (see the) + adverbial suffix -r. Interjectional use is recorded from 1535. To have been there "had previous experience of some activity" is recorded from 1877.

there

In addition to the idioms beginning with there, also see 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.

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