# there
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r̥.
Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).

#### Alternative forms

* (pronunciation spellings): dar, der, dere, thur, thar; dey
* (obsolete): thare

#### Pronunciation

* (stressed)
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ðɛə/, /ðɛː/
*** Audio (UK); [ðɛː]:(file)
** (US) IPA: /ðɛɚ/, /ðɛɹ/
*** Audio (US); [ðeɚ]:(file)
** (Canada) IPA: [ðeːɹ]
** (General Australian) IPA: /ðeː/
** (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA: /ðiə/
** (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA: /ðeə/
** (Scotland) IPA: /ðeɹ/
** (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA: /ðɜː(ɹ)/
* (unstressed)
** (UK, General Australian) IPA: /ðə(ɹ)/
** (US) IPA: /ðɚ/
* Homophones: their, they're
* Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

#### Adverb

there (not comparable)
* (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 (compare here).
    I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.
    I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!
    The air there is beneficial to health.
    I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970.
    The view up here is better than the view down there!
    There's that book I've been looking for! (inverted use)
** c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →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; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
** 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſs there might well / Seem twilight here.
** 2004, George Carlin, “IS ANYONE THERE?”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117:(Phone rings) MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department. CALLER: Is Jack there? 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 in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.
** (figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
    He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
    They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
*** c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
** (as complement of 'be') In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
    You know that I will always be there for you.
** (as complement of 'be') In existence in some place.
    I know that aliens are there, somewhere.
** (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's there!
** (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
    Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.
** (dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
    Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.
** (informal, as complement of 'be') In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
    I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.
* (location) To or into a place or location; thither.
    I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?
** 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:And the rarest that e’er came there.
** 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter IX, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.
** 1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Job, 28, vii,
    There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
** Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
    He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't go there.
* (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc..
    You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.
* (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
* 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?”, in Popular Science, page 144: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 is there for all to see.

##### Usage notes

* Syntactically, the adverb there fulfills two functions:
** As a demonstrative or exophoric adverb it is typically accompanied by a gesture of pointing to a particular location.
    —Have you seen my glasses? —Why, they're right there!
** As an anaphoric 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 go there.
* The use of there instead of they're (meaning they are) or their (possessive form of they) is a common homophonic 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 phrases There, there!, See there! and 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.
** There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See thereabout, thereafter, therefrom, etc.

##### Synonyms

* (at or in a place): over there, away there (at some distance); yonder (archaic or dialect)
* (to or into that place): over there, away there (at some distance); thither (archaic); yonder (archaic or dialect)

##### Translations
#### Interjection

there
* Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.
    There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
* Used to express victory or completion.
    There! That knot should hold.

##### Translations
#### Noun

there (plural theres)
* That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
    We need someone to take us from here to there.
** 1937, Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography, page 289:anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.
** 1993, Edward S. Casey, Getting back into place: toward a renewed understanding of the place-world, page 54:Some of these theres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Other theres are only virtual
* That situation; that position.
    You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.

##### Translations
#### Pronoun

there
* Used as an expletive subject of be 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.]
    Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
    No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
** 1908, C. H. Bovill (lyrics), Jerome D. Kern (music), There’s Something Rather Odd About Augustus, song from the musical Fluffy Ruffles,
    It's very sad but all the same, / There’s something rather odd about Augustus.
** 1909, Leo Tolstoy, translator not mentioned, There are No Guilty People, in The Forged Coupon and Other Stories,
    There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; […] .
** 1918, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, Notes from Underground, Part 1, II:There are intentional and unintentional towns.
* 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, then there 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 wood there grew a fine tree,
** 1897, James Baldwin, The Story of Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Home, in Four 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."
* Used with other verbs, when raised.
    There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]
    I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
    There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]
    There have to be two people at the post.
* (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
    therefor, thereat, thereunder
* (colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc.
    Hi there, young fellow.
    Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?
** 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.
       Audio (US):(file)

##### Usage notes

* 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

* there must be something in the water

##### Translations

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#### Derived terms

* all there
* are we there yet
* as if there is no tomorrow
* as if there was no tomorrow
* as if there were no tomorrow
* behind every great man there stands a woman
* behind every successful man there stands a woman
* be there
* be there and be square
* be there or be square
* cross that bridge when one gets there
* don't go there
* down there
* f/8 and be there
* get in there
* get someone there
* get there
* get-there-ativeness
* get-there-itis
* go there
* halfway there
* have someone there
* hello there
* here and there
* here, there and everywhere
* hey there
* hi there
* ho there
* how's the weather up there
* if ever there was one
* if ever there were one
* if ever there were some
* if there ever were one
* in there like swimwear
* I see what you did there
* is there a grocery store nearby
* is there a mouse in your pocket
* is there a problem
* is there a smaller size
* it's a jungle out there
* leave it all out there
* let there be light
* like there is no tomorrow
* like there was no tomorrow
* like there were no tomorrow
* neither here nor there
* out there
* out-there
* out-there-ness
* put her there
* put it there
* sit there like a lemon
* so there
* stand there like a lemon
* that's all there is to it
* that there
* then and there
* there again
* there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
* there and back
* there and then
* there-anent
* there are
* there are bad apples in every orchard
* there are many ways to skin a cat, there's more than one way to skin a cat
* there are more horses' asses than horses
* there are no atheists in foxholes
* there are none so blind as those who will not see
* there are no stupid questions
* there are no words to describe
* there are plenty more fish in the sea
* there are plenty of fish in the sea
* there are two sides to every question
* there are two sides to every story
* thereatop
* there away
* there be
* therebehind
* there but for the grace of God go I
* there exist
* there for everyone to see
* therefrom
* there goes the neighborhood
* there goes the neighbourhood
* thereinto
* there is
* there is a lid for every pot
* there is a new sheriff in town
* there is an exception to every rule
* there is a place and time for everything
* there is a time and a place for everything
* there is a time and place for everything
* there is no free lunch
* there is no honor among thieves
* there is no Planet B
* there is no replacement for displacement
* there is no spoon
* there is no such thing as a free lunch
* there is no such thing as bad press
* there is no such thing as bad publicity
* there is no there there
* there is no "there" there
* there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
* there is nothing new under the sun
* there is no war in Ba Sing Se
* there isn't any easy way to say this
* there is reason in the roasting of eggs
* there is safety in numbers
* there is something rotten in the state of Denmark
* there is something to be said for
* there is strength in numbers
* there is the rub
* there lies the rub
* there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
* there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
* there must be something in the water
* there one has it
* there oughta be a law
* there oughtta be a law
* there ought to be a law
* there she blows
* there's no "there" there
* there's no there there
* theretoward
* thereunto
* there we go
* therewith
* there ya go
* there you are
* there you go
* there you have it
* up there
* where there is a will
* where there is a will there is a way
* while you're down there
* who goes there
* you had to be there

#### See also

* (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
* (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
* (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
* (again): thereagain
* (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
* (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
* (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
* (anent): hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
* (around): therearound, wherearound
* (as): thereas, whereas
* (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
* (before): herebefore, therebefore
* (beside): therebeside
* (between): therebetween, wherebetween
* (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
* (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
* (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
* (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
* (hence): herehence, therehence
* (in): herein, therein, wherein
* (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
* (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
* (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
* (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
* (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
* (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
* (somever): wheresomever
* (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
* (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
* (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
* (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
* (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
* (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
* (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

### Etymology 2
#### Contraction

there
* Misspelling of they’re.

### Etymology 3
#### Determiner

there
* Misspelling of their.

### References

* “there”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, rethe, theer, three

## Middle English
### Determiner

there
* Alternative form of þeir

### Adverb

there
* where
** 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:And spende hir good ther it is resonable;(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀣𑁂𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* थेरे (Devanagari script)
* থেরে (Bengali script)
* ථෙරෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ထေရေ (Burmese script)
* เถเร (Thai script)
* ᨳᩮᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ເຖເຣ (Lao script)
* ថេរេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄗𑄬𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Noun

there
* inflection of thera (“elder”):
** locative singular
** accusative plural

### Adjective

there
* inflection of thera (“elder”):
** locative singular masculine/neuter
** accusative plural masculine