there be
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
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form: there is
form: there's
form: there was
form: there are
form: there're
form: there's
form: there were
form: there be
form: there were
form: let there be
form: -
form: there being
form: there having been
Etymology: The expletive there, from Old English þær, to fill the first position in English's historic V2 word order.
Senses: examples: text: Let there be light.
text: There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
text: There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]
text: Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
text: No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
text: There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]
text: I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
text: There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]
text: There have to be two people at the post.
text: If there be any thing ILL in the Univerſe from Deſign, then that which diſpoſes all things, is no one good deſigning Principle.
ref: 1749, Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, J. Baskerville, page 8
text: Unless there be some lesion of the stomach, there is no blood, either microscopic or occult.
ref: 1907, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, J.B. Lippincott, Co., page 627
text: There ought to be representation on the broad basis of population and public discussion with open doors and free debate. . . . Nor should there be any constraint upon the opinions of any of the members of the Diet or upon their right of publishing them, even though such would meet with opposition from without.
ref: 1988, John S. Doskey, William Maclure, The European Journals of William Maclure, →ISBN, page 204:
text: There may be people with drug or alcohol problems who may go into withdrawal.
ref: 1996, Diane Meyers, Disaster Response and Recovery: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals, →ISBN, page 75:
text: I just want to know the truth, you are expressing your concerns, but I also want there to be some candor between us.
ref: 1999, Christopher Shays, “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relationsof the Committee on Government Reform”, in Anthrax Immunization Program, →ISBN, page 35:
synonyms: there exist
glosses: Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.
Related terms: word: as if there is no tomorrow
word: as if there's no tomorrow
word: as if there was no tomorrow
word: as if there were no tomorrow
word: if ever there was one
word: if ever there were one
word: if ever there were some
word: if there's grass on the field, play ball
word: if there's grass on the pitch, play ball
word: in unity, there is strength
word: in wine there is truth
word: in wine, there is truth
word: let there be light
word: like there is no tomorrow
word: like there's no tomorrow
word: like there was no tomorrow
word: like there were no tomorrow
word: that's all there is to it
word: there are bad apples in every orchard
word: there are many ways to skin a cat
word: there are many ways to skin cats
word: there are more horses' asses than horses
word: there are no atheists in foxholes
word: there are none so blind as those who will not see
word: there are no stupid questions
word: there are plenty more fish in the sea
word: there are plenty of fish in the sea
word: there are two sides to every question
word: there are two sides to every story
word: there is a lid for every pot
word: there is a new sheriff in town
word: there is an exception to every rule
word: there's an exception to every rule
word: there is a place and time for everything
word: there's a place and time for everything
word: there is a time and a place for everything
word: there's a time and a place for everything
word: there is a time and place for everything
word: there's a time and place for everything
word: there is no fool like an old fool
word: there's no fool like an old fool
word: there is no free lunch
word: there is no honor among thieves
word: there is no Planet B
word: there is no replacement for displacement
word: there is no spoon
word: there is no such thing as a free lunch
word: there's no such thing as a free lunch
word: there is no such thing as bad press
word: there is no such thing as bad publicity
word: there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing
word: there is no there there
english: there
translation: there
word: there is no there
word: there's no there there
english: there
translation: there
word: there's no there
word: there is nothing new under the sun
word: there is no war in Ba Sing Se
word: there is reason in the roasting of eggs
word: there is safety in numbers
word: there is something rotten in the state of Denmark
word: there is something to be said for
word: there is strength in numbers
word: there is the rub
word: there is truth in wine
word: there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
word: there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
word: there may be snow on the rooftop but there's fire in the furnace
word: there's a first time for everything
word: there's a good time coming
word: there's a grain of truth in every joke
word: there's a lid for every pot
word: there's always a bigger fish
word: there's a rotten apple in every barrel
word: there's a sucker born every minute
word: there's been an accident
word: there's life in the old dog yet
word: there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
word: there's many a slip between the cup and the lip
word: there's many a slip twixt cup and lip
word: there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
word: there's more than one way to cook an egg
word: there's more than one way to crack an egg
word: there's more than one way to feed a cat
word: there's more than one way to fuck a cat
word: there's more than one way to peel an orange
word: there's more than one way to skin a cat
word: there's more where that came from
word: there's no accounting for taste
word: there's no business like show business
word: there's no I in team
word: there's none so blind as those who will not see
word: there's no place like home
word: there's no point crying over spilt milk
word: there's no shame in my game
word: there's no smoke without fire
word: there's no such thing as a stupid question
word: there's nothing to it
word: there's no time like the present
word: there's no use
word: there's no use crying over spilt milk
word: there's nowt so queer as folk
word: there's one born every minute
word: there's plenty more fish in the sea
word: where there is a will there is a way
word: where there is a will, there is a way
word: where there's a will there's a way
word: where there is a will
word: where there's a will
word: where there is smoke, there is fire
word: where there's smoke, there's fire
word: where there's muck there's brass
word: where there's no sense there's no feeling
word: while there's life, there's hope