there
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðɛə/
ipa: /ðɛː/
ipa: /ðɛɚ/
ipa: /ðɛɹ/
ipa: [ðeːɹ]
ipa: /ðeː/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ðiə/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ðeə/
ipa: /ðeɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ðɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ðə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ðɚ/
homophone: their
homophone: they're
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dar
form: der
form: dere
form: thur
form: thar
form: dey
form: thare
Etymology: 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 *-r.
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”).
Senses: examples: text: I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.
text: I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!
text: The air there is beneficial to health.
text: I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970.
text: The view up here is better than the view down there!
raw_tags: inverted use
text: There's that book I've been looking for!
text: And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man, both bound together;
ref: 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]:
text: 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.
text: To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſs there might well / Seem twilight here.
ref: 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:
text: (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.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, “IS ANYONE THERE?”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117:
topics: location
glosses: 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).
examples: text: He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
text: They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
text: The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
ref: 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]:
topics: location
glosses: 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).
At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
examples: text: You know that I will always be there for you.
topics: location
glosses: 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).
In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
raw_tags: as complement of 'be'
examples: text: I know that aliens are there, somewhere.
topics: location
glosses: 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).
In existence in some place.
raw_tags: as complement of 'be'
examples: text: If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!
topics: location
glosses: 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).
In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
raw_tags: as complement of 'be'
examples: text: Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.
topics: location
glosses: 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).
After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
examples: text: Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.
topics: location
glosses: 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).
After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
examples: text: I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.
topics: location
glosses: 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).
In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
raw_tags: as complement of 'be'
examples: text: I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?
text: A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […]
ref: 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:
text: And the rarest that e’er came there.
ref: 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]:
text: So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter IX, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
text: 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:
topics: location
glosses: To or into a place or location; thither.
examples: text: He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't go there.
topics: location
glosses: To or into a place or location; thither.
Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
examples: text: You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.
glosses: In that matter, relation, etc..
glosses: Where, there where, in which place.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1928 January, Captain Ferdinand Tuohy, “Why Don't We Fly?”, in Popular Science, page 144:
glosses: In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.
Synonyms: sense: at or in a place
word: over there
sense: at or in a place
english: at some distance
translation: at some distance
word: away there
sense: at or in a place
word: yonder
sense: to or into that place
word: over there
sense: to or into that place
english: at some distance
translation: at some distance
word: away there
sense: to or into that place
word: thither
sense: to or into that place
word: yonder