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there
[th
air; unstressed th
er]
–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. |
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.
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. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : There
Spanish:
allí,
German:
dort(-hin),
Japanese:
そこに
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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