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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishthere,ther,thare,thar,thore, fromOld Englishþēr,þǣr,þār(“there; at that place”), fromProto-West Germanic*þār, fromProto-Germanic*þar(“at that place; there”), fromProto-Indo-European*tó-r(“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base*to-(“the, that”) + adverbial suffix*-r.

Cognate withScotsthar,thair(“there”),North Frisiandear,deer,där(“there”),Saterland Frisiandeer(“there”),West Frisiandêr(“there”),Dutchdaar(“there”),Low Germandar(“there”),Germanda,dar-(“there”),Danishder(“there”),Norwegiander(“there”),Swedishdär(“there”),Icelandicþar(“in that place, there”).

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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there (notcomparable)

  1. (location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (comparehere).
    I know Bristol quite well as I used to livethere.
    I looked in the cupboard and my keys werethere!
    The airthere is beneficial to health.
    I consulted Wikipedia, and it saysthere that he died in 1970.
    The view up here is better than the view downthere!
    There's that book I've been looking for!(inverted use)
    • c.1594 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i]:
      And in a dark and dankish vault at home /There left me and my man, both bound together;
    • 1769,King James Bible, Oxford Standard text,Genesis, 2, viii,
      The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; andthere he put the man whom he had formed.
    • 1667,John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, inParadise Lost. […], London:[…] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſsthere might well / Seem twilighthere.
    • 2004,George Carlin, “IS ANYONE THERE?”, inWhen Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎[1],New York:Hyperion Books,→ISBN,→OCLC,→OL,page117:
      (Phone rings)
      MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department.
      CALLER: Is Jackthere?
      MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't inthere. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.
    1. (figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
      He did not stopthere, but continued his speech.
      They patched up their differences, but matters did not endthere.
    2. (as complement of 'be') In a notional place where one will provide support or care;see alsobe there.
      You know that I will always bethere for you.
    3. (as complement of 'be') In existence in some place.
      I know that aliens arethere, somewhere.
    4. (informal, as complement of 'be') In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
      If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It'sthere!
    5. (informal)After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
      Jimthere has been with the company for twenty years.
    6. (dialect)After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see alsothem there.
      Your dog's been a-chasin' thosethere chickens.
    7. (informal, as complement of 'be') In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence;see alsoall there.
      I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totallythere.
  2. (location) To or into a place or location;thither.
    I've never been to Disneyland. Can we gothere?
    1. Into an undesirable topic or subject matter;see alsogo there.
      He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't gothere.
  3. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc..
    You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with youthere.
  4. (obsolete)Where, there where, in which place.
  5. In this world:used to say that someone or something exists;see also pronoun section below.
    • 1928 January, Captain Ferdinand Tuohy, “Why Don't We Fly?”, inPopular Science,page144:
      These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine isthere for all to see.
Usage notes
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  • Syntactically, the adverbthere fulfills two functions:
    • As ademonstrative orexophoric adverb it is typically accompanied by a gesture of pointing to a particular location.
      —Have you seen my glasses?
      —Why, they're rightthere!
    • As ananaphoric adverb it is used to refer to a location that was previously mentioned.
      —Have you been to London?
      —No, but I've always wanted to gothere.
  • The use ofthere instead ofthey're (meaningthey are) ortheir (possessive form ofthey) is a commonhomophonic error in English writing.
  • (to or into that place):
    • There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling attention to something, especially to something distant; such as in the phrasesThere, there!,Seethere! andLookthere!
    • There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.
      There remains to be decided what we do with the dog.
    • There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. Seethereabout,thereafter,therefrom, etc.
Synonyms
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Translations
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in or at that place
to or into that place; thither
in that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc.
in existence

Interjection

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there

  1. Used to offerencouragement orsympathy; see alsothere, there andthere now.
    There,there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
  2. Used to expressvictory orcompletion.
    There! That knot should hold.
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Used to express completion

Noun

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there (pluraltheres)

  1. That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
    We need someone to take us from here tothere.
    • 1937,Gertrude Stein,Everybody's Autobiography, page289:
      anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come fromthere yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is nothere there.
    • 1993, Edward S. Casey,Getting back into place: toward a renewed understanding of the place-world, page54:
      Some of thesetheres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Othertheres are only virtual
  2. That situation; that position.
    You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it fromthere.
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that place

Pronoun

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there

  1. Used as anexpletive subject ofbe in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
    There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
    There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]
    Isthere an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
    No,there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
  2. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
    If x is a positive number, thenthere exists[=there is] a positive number y less than x.
    There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]
    Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom,there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]
    There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]
    • 1895, Sabine Baring-Gould,A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes: Nursery Songs, XXII: The Tree in the Wood,
      All in a woodthere grew a fine tree,
    • 1897,James Baldwin,The Story of Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Home, inFour Great Americans,
      Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky,there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.
    • 1904, Uriel Waldo Cutler,Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, Chapter XXXI: How Sir Launcelot Found the Holy Grail,
      On a night, as he slept,there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."
  3. Used with other verbs, whenraised.
    There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems thatthere is some difficulty with the papers.]
    I expectedthere to be a simpler solution. [=I expected thatthere would be a simpler solution.]
    There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case thatthere are complications.]
    There aren'tsupposed to be two people at the post.
  4. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longerproductive)That.
    therefor,thereat,thereunder
  5. (colloquial)Appended to words of greeting etc.
    Hithere, young fellow.
    Oh, hellothere, Bob, how are you doing?
Usage notes
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  • In formal English, the verb agrees with the semantic subject: “there is a tree”, “there are some trees”, “there seems to be a mistake”, “there seem to be some mistakes”, and so on. This is because the "there [form of be]" construction originally used, and could still be said to use, "there" as simply an adverb modifying "to be". However, the syntax is archaic enough that "there" is rarely recognized as an adverb. In colloquial usage, therefore, the verb is often found in the third-person singular form, even when the semantic subject is plural — “there’s some trees”, “there seems to be some mistakes”, "there's a dog and a cat." — but this is often considered incorrect.
Derived terms
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Translations
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expletive subject of verb of existence: "there is"
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Derived terms

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Terms derived from the adverb, interjection, noun, or pronounthere

See also

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Here-,there-, andwhere- words

Etymology 2

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Contraction

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there

  1. Misspelling ofthey’re.

Etymology 3

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Determiner

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there

  1. Misspelling oftheir.

References

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  • “there”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Determiner

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there

  1. alternative form ofþeir

Adverb

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there

  1. where

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Noun

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there

  1. inflection ofthera(“elder”):
    1. locativesingular
    2. accusativeplural

Adjective

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there

  1. inflection ofthera(“elder”):
    1. locativesingularmasculine/neuter
    2. accusativepluralmasculine
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