there
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
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: 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: 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.
text: 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; […] .
text: There are intentional and unintentional towns.
ref: 1918, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, Notes from Underground, Part 1, II:
glosses: Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
examples: 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."
glosses: Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
examples: 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 aren't supposed to be two people at the post.
glosses: Used with other verbs, when raised.
examples: therefor, thereat, thereunder
glosses: That.
raw_tags: with certain prepositions
examples: text: Hi there, young fellow.
text: Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?
text: Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: Appended to words of greeting etc.
Derived terms: word: there must be something in the water
sense: Terms derived from the adverb, interjection, noun, or pronoun there
word: all there
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word: are we there yet
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word: as if there is no tomorrow
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word: as if there was no tomorrow
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word: as if there were no tomorrow
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word: behind every great man there stands a woman
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word: behind every successful man there stands a woman
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word: be there
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word: be there and be square
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word: be there or be square
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word: cross that bridge when one gets there
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word: don't go there
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word: down there
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word: f/8 and be there
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word: get in there
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word: get someone there
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word: get there
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word: get-there-ativeness
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word: get-there-itis
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word: go there
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word: halfway there
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word: have someone there
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word: hello there
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word: here and there
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word: here, there and everywhere
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word: hey there
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word: hi there
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word: ho there
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word: how's the weather up there
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word: if ever there was one
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word: if ever there were one
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word: if ever there were some
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word: if there ever were one
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word: in there like swimwear
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word: I see what you did there
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word: is there a grocery store nearby
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word: is there a mouse in your pocket
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word: is there a problem
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word: is there a smaller size
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word: it's a jungle out there
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word: leave it all out there
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word: let there be light
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word: like there is no tomorrow
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word: like there was no tomorrow
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word: like there were no tomorrow
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word: neither here nor there
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word: out there
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word: out-there
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word: out-there-ness
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word: put her there
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word: put it there
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word: sit there like a lemon
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word: so there
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word: stand there like a lemon
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word: that's all there is to it
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word: that there
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word: then and there
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word: there again
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word: there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
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word: there and back
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word: there and then
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word: there-anent
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word: there are
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word: there are bad apples in every orchard
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word: there are many ways to skin a cat
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word: there's more than one way to skin a cat
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word: there are more horses' asses than horses
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word: there are no atheists in foxholes
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word: there are none so blind as those who will not see
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word: there are no stupid questions
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word: there are plenty more fish in the sea
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word: there are plenty of fish in the sea
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word: there are two sides to every question
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word: there are two sides to every story
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word: thereatop
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word: there away
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word: there be
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word: therebehind
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word: there but for the grace of God go I
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word: there exist
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word: there for everyone to see
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word: therefrom
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word: there goes the neighborhood
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word: there goes the neighbourhood
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word: thereinto
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word: there is
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word: there is a lid for every pot
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word: there is a new sheriff in town
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word: there is an exception to every rule
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word: there is a place and time for everything
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word: there is a time and a place for everything
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word: there is a time and place for everything
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word: there is no free lunch
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word: there is no honor among thieves
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word: there is no Planet B
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word: there is no replacement for displacement
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word: there is no spoon
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word: there is no such thing as a free lunch
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word: there is no such thing as bad press
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word: there is no such thing as bad publicity
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english: there
translation: there
word: there is no there
sense: Terms derived from the adverb, interjection, noun, or pronoun there
word: there is no there there
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word: there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
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word: there is nothing new under the sun
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word: there is no war in Ba Sing Se
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word: there isn't any easy way to say this
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word: there is reason in the roasting of eggs
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word: there is safety in numbers
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word: there is something rotten in the state of Denmark
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word: there is something to be said for
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word: there is strength in numbers
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word: there is the rub
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word: there lies the rub
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word: there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
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word: there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
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word: there must be something in the water
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word: there one has it
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word: there oughta be a law
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word: there oughtta be a law
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word: there ought to be a law
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word: there she blows
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english: there
translation: there
word: there's no there
sense: Terms derived from the adverb, interjection, noun, or pronoun there
word: there's no there there
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word: theretoward
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word: thereunto
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word: there we go
sense: Terms derived from the adverb, interjection, noun, or pronoun there
word: therewith
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word: there ya go
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word: there you are
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word: there you go
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word: there you have it
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word: up there
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word: where there is a will
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word: where there is a will there is a way
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word: while you're down there
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word: who goes there
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word: you had to be there