here
Part of speech: adv
adj
noun
intj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: location
Etymology: From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
Inflected forms:
form: heres
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: You wait here while I fetch my coat.
Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.
It says here that he died in 1970.
The air here is foul.
The view up here is better than the view down there!
Here is the report that you asked for.
Here I stand.
Kilroy was here.
Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”
Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: abstract
not-comparable
examples: I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
Here endeth the lesson.
Here, perhaps I ought to stop.
“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: abstract
not-comparable
examples: You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Flu season is here.
Christmas will soon be here.
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: abstract
not-comparable
examples: Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined:
The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here.
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
gloss: In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
pos: adv
tags: dialectal
informal
not-comparable
examples: This here orange is too sour.
Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.
gloss: To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Please come here.
He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
gloss: Alive
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!
gloss: This place; this location.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
For time and extension seem continuous elements; the here is one space with the other heres round it
More than ever, the here is porous.
We can't see it because it is an aspect of our seeing, it is a function of our gaze: the field of the here is established in — and by — our presence.
gloss: This place; this location.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.
gloss: This time, the present situation.
pos: noun
tags: abstract
uncountable
usually
gloss: Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
pos: intj
tags: slang
examples: Here, now I'm giving it to you.
gloss: Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
pos: intj
tags: Ireland
UK
slang
examples: Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
gloss: Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
pos: intj
tags: informal
examples: Here! You! Stop doing that!
gloss: Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
pos: intj
examples: Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?
gloss: Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
pos: intj
examples: "Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!"
Related words: hence
here-
hereabouts
hither
there
Derived words: abandon hope, all ye who enter here
all hope abandon ye who enter here
be here for
come-here
come here to me
does anyone here speak English
do you come here often
fancy seeing you here
for here
here on in
here on out
here to Sunday
get out of here
get outta here
have had it up to here
have here
hereabout
hereabove
hereafter
hereagainst
hereamong
here and now
here and there
here and yonder
hereat
hereaway
here be dragons
here below
hereby
here comes the aeroplane
here comes the airplane
here comes the plane
here document
herefor
herefore
here for it
herefrom
heregeld
here goes
here goes nothing
herehence
herein
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereish
here lies
hereness
hereof
hereon
hereout
here-script
here-text
here, there and everywhere
hereto
heretofore
heretog
here to stay
hereunder
hereunto
hereupon
here we are
here we go
here we go again
herewith
herewithin
here you are
here you go
I just work here
I'm here all week
in the here and now
I only work here
is anyone here a doctor
is anyone sitting here
is it safe here
Kilroy was here
look here
my eyes are up here
neither here nor there
not here for a haircut
not here to fuck spiders
nothing to see here
not invented here
over here
same here
somebody's in here
the buck stops here
this here
true as I'm standing here
true as I stand here
up here
up to here
you must be new here
your money is no good here
Translations:
lang: Afar
word: takke
lang: Afrikaans
word: hier
lang: Ainu
word: テタ
roman: teta
lang: Albanian
word: këtu
lang: Southern Altai
word: мында
roman: mïnda
lang: Southern Altai
word: бу јерде
roman: bu ǰerde
lang: Amharic
word: እዚህ
roman: ʾəzih
lang: Western Apache
word: kú
lang: Arabic
word: هُنَا
roman: hunā
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: هني
roman: hini
lang: Arabic
word: هنا
roman: henā
lang: Arabic
word: هني
roman: hnī
lang: Arabic
word: هنا
roman: hinā
lang: Arabic
word: هون
roman: hōn
lang: Arabic
word: هان
roman: hān
lang: Armenian
word: այստեղ
roman: aysteġ
lang: Armenian
word: հոս
roman: hos
lang: Aromanian
word: aoatsi
lang: Aromanian
word: auatsi
lang: Aromanian
word: oatsi
lang: Aromanian
word: aoa
lang: Aromanian
word: aua
lang: Assamese
word: ইয়াত
roman: iat
lang: Asturian
word: equí
lang: Asturian
word: aquí
lang: Azerbaijani
word: burada
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bax budur
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bura
lang: Bakhtiari
word: ایچو
roman: ičo
lang: Bangi
word: awa
lang: Bashkir
word: бында
roman: bında
lang: Basque
word: hemen
lang: Belarusian
word: тут
roman: tut
lang: Bengali
word: এখানে
roman: ekhane
lang: Bhojpuri
word: इहाँ
roman: ihā̃
lang: Central Bikol
word: digdi
lang: Brahui
word: daang
lang: Bulgarian
word: тук
roman: tuk
lang: Bulgarian
word: ту́ка
roman: túka
lang: Burmese
word: ဒီမှာ
roman: dihma
lang: Burmese
word: သည်မှာ
roman: sanyhma
lang: Buryat
word: эндэ
roman: ende
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: ту
roman: tu
lang: Catalan
word: aquí
lang: Catalan
word: ací
lang: Cebuano
word: dinhi
lang: Cebuano
word: diri
lang: Chamicuro
word: ana'shana
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎭᏂ
roman: hani
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 呢度
roman: ni¹ dou⁶, nei¹ dou⁶
lang: Chinese
word: җәр
roman: žər
lang: Chinese
word: җытар
roman: žɨtar
lang: Chinese
word: җыни
roman: žɨni
lang: Chinese
word: 遮
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 這跡 /这迹
roman: chit-liah
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 這裡 /这里
roman: zhèlǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 這兒 /这儿
roman: zhèr
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 此處 /此处
roman: cǐchù
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 搿搭
lang: Chuvash
word: кунта
roman: kunt̬a
lang: Maore Comorian
word: v̄anu
lang: Ndzwani Comorian
word: vanu
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: hunu
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: pvanu
lang: Czech
word: tady
lang: Czech
word: zde
lang: Czech
word: tu
lang: Dalmatian
word: cauc
lang: Dalmatian
word: čaico
lang: Danish
word: her
lang: Dutch
word: hier
lang: Elfdalian
word: jär
lang: Erzya
word: тесэ
roman: tesë
lang: Erzya
word: тия
roman: tija
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉi tie
lang: Esperanto
word: tie ĉi
lang: Estonian
word: siin
lang: Even
word: эду
roman: ədu
lang: Evenki
word: эду
roman: ədu
lang: Faliscan
word: fe (fe)
lang: Faliscan
word: he
lang: Faliscan
word: hec (hec)
lang: Faroese
word: her
lang: Finnish
word: täällä
lang: Finnish
word: tässä
lang: French
word: ici
lang: Middle French
word: icy
lang: Old French
word: ci
lang: West-Frisian
word: hjir
lang: Galician
word: aquí
lang: Galician
word: eiquí
lang: Galician
word: acá
lang: Galician
word: acó
lang: Georgian
word: აი
roman: ai
lang: Georgian
word: აქ
roman: ak
lang: German
word: hier
lang: Middle High German
word: hier
lang: Middle High German
word: hie
lang: Old High German
word: hiar
lang: Old High German
word: hêr
lang: German
word: hier
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌴𐍂
roman: hēr
lang: Greek
word: εδώ
roman: edó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐνταῦθα
roman: entaûtha
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὧδε
roman: hôde
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐνθάδε
roman: entháde
lang: Greenlandic
word: maani
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: apy
lang: Haitian Creole
word: isi
lang: Haitian Creole
word: isit
lang: Hawaiian
word: maʻaneʻi
lang: Hawaiian
word: neʻi
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻaneʻi
lang: Hebrew
word: כָּאן
roman: kán
lang: Hebrew
word: פֹּה
roman: pó
lang: Higaonon
word: dini
lang: Hindi
word: यहाँ
roman: yahā̃
lang: White Hmong
word: nov
lang: Hungarian
word: itt
lang: Hunsrik
word: do
lang: Hunsrik
word: hie
lang: Hunsrik
word: hier
lang: Icelandic
word: hér
lang: Ido
word: hike
lang: Indonesian
word: sini
lang: Ingrian
word: tääl
lang: Interlingua
word: hic
lang: Interlingua
word: ci
lang: Irish
word: abhus
lang: Irish
word: anseo
lang: Old Irish
word: sund
lang: Italian
word: qui
lang: Italian
word: qua
lang: Japanese
word: ここ
roman: koko
lang: Japanese
word: ここに
roman: koko ni
lang: Japanese
word: ここで
roman: koko de
lang: Kaitag
word: гьежи́н
roman: hežín
lang: Kaitag
word: ижи́н
roman: ižín
lang: Kalmyk
word: энд
roman: end
lang: Kannada
word: ಇಲ್ಲಿ
roman: illi
lang: Kannada
word: ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ
roman: idaralli
lang: Kapampangan
word: keni
lang: Karakhanid
word: مُنْدا
roman: mundā
lang: Kashubian
word: tu
lang: Kazakh
word: мында
roman: mynda
lang: Kazakh
word: бұнда
roman: būnda
lang: Khmer
word: នេះ
roman: nih
lang: Khmer
word: អាយ
roman: ʼaay
lang: Korean
word: 여기
roman: yeogi
lang: Kumyk
word: мунда
roman: munda
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئێرە
roman: êre
lang: Central Kurdish
word: لێرە
roman: lêre
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: li
lang: Kyrgyz
word: мында
roman: mında
lang: Lao
word: ທີ່ນີ້
roman: thī nī
lang: Latin
word: hic
lang: Latvian
word: šeit
lang: Latvian
word: te
lang: Latvian
word: še
lang: Lingala
word: awa
lang: Lithuanian
word: čia
lang: Livonian
word: täs
lang: Low German
word: hier
lang: Low German
word: hy
lang: Luxembourgish
word: hei
lang: Macedonian
word: овде
roman: ovde
lang: Macedonian
word: тука
roman: tuka
lang: Malay
word: di sini
lang: Maltese
word: hawn
lang: Maranao
word: saya
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: ua
lang: Mingrelian
word: თაქინე
roman: takine
lang: Mirandese
word: acá
lang: Mirandese
word: eiqui
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: nedṭ
lang: Miyako
word: クマ
roman: kuma
lang: Moksha
word: тяса
roman: täsa
lang: Mongolian
word: энд
roman: end
lang: Mongolian
word: эндэх
roman: endex
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: nicān
lang: Navajo
word: kwii
lang: Navajo
word: kweʼé
lang: Navajo
word: kǫ́ǫ́
lang: Neapolitan
word: ccà
lang: Nepali
word: यहाँ
roman: yahā̃
lang: Nepali
word: यता
roman: yatā
lang: Norman
word: ichîn
lang: Norman
word: ich'in
lang: Norwegian
word: her
lang: Occitan
word: aquí
lang: Odia
word: ଏଇଠି
roman: Eiṭhi
lang: Ojibwe
word: omaa
lang: Church Slavic
word: сьде
roman: sĭde
lang: Church Slavic
word: ту
roman: tu
lang: Old East Slavic
word: туто
roman: tuto
lang: Old East Slavic
word: тут
roman: tut
lang: Old English
word: hēr
lang: Old Norse
word: hér
lang: Ossetian
word: ам
roman: am
lang: Pangasinan
word: dya
lang: Pashto
word: دلته
roman: dalta
lang: Pashto
word: دلې
roman: dale
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: do
lang: Persian
word: اینجا
roman: injâ
lang: Persian
word: ایدر
roman: idar
lang: Plautdietsch
word: hia
lang: Polabian
word: ar
lang: Polabian
word: er
lang: Polish
word: tu
lang: Polish
word: tutaj
lang: Portuguese
word: aqui
lang: Portuguese
word: cá
lang: Quechua
word: kaypi
lang: Romani
word: kathe
lang: Romanian
word: aici
lang: Romanian
word: aci
lang: Romansh
word: qua
lang: Russian
word: здесь
roman: zdesʹ
lang: Russian
word: тут
roman: tut
lang: Saho
word: takke
lang: Northern Sami
word: dás
lang: Northern Sami
word: dákko
lang: Sanskrit
word: अत्र
roman: atra
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: inoche
lang: Sardinian
word: inoghe
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: an-seo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: овде
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: овдје
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ovde
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ovdje
lang: Silesian
word: tukej
lang: Slovak
word: tu
lang: Slovene
word: tù
lang: Slovene
word: túkaj
lang: Slovene
word: zde
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: how
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: jow
lang: Spanish
word: aquí
lang: Spanish
word: acá
lang: Sundanese
word: dieu
lang: Swahili
word: hapa
lang: Swedish
word: här
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠁꠘꠧ
roman: ino
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠅꠘꠧ
roman: ono
lang: Tagalog
word: dito
lang: Tagalog
word: dini
lang: Tagalog
word: rito
lang: Tagalog
word: dine
lang: Tagalog
word: rine
lang: Tajik
word: инҷо
roman: injo
lang: Tajik
word: эдар
roman: edar
lang: Tamil
word: இங்கே
roman: iṅkē
lang: Tatar
word: монда
roman: monda
lang: Tatar
word: биредә
roman: biredä
lang: Tatar
word: биредән
roman: biredän
lang: Telugu
word: ఇక్కడ
roman: ikkaḍa
lang: Thai
word: ที่นี่
roman: tîi-nîi
lang: Thai
word: ตรงนี้
roman: dtrong-níi
lang: Tibetan
word: འདིར
roman: 'dir
lang: Tigrinya
word: እንሀለ
roman: ʾənhälä
lang: Tocharian B
word: tene
lang: Tooro
word: hanu class 16
lang: Tooro
word: kunu class 17
lang: Tupinambá
word: iké
lang: Turkish
word: burada
lang: Turkish
word: işte
lang: Turkish
word: burası
lang: Turkmen
word: şu taýda
lang: Turkmen
word: şu ýerde
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎔
roman: p
lang: Ukrainian
word: тут
roman: tut
lang: Urdu
word: یہاں
roman: yahā̃
lang: Uyghur
word: مۇندا
roman: munda
lang: Uzbek
word: shu yerda
lang: Uzbek
word: bunda
lang: Vietnamese
word: tại đây
lang: Volapük
word: is
lang: Votic
word: tääl
lang: Waray
word: dinhé
lang: Welsh
word: yma
lang: Winnebago
word: eegi
lang: Xhosa
word: apha
lang: Yiddish
word: אַהער
roman: aher
lang: Yoruba
word: níbí
lang: Yup'ik
word: maani
lang: Zazaki
word: tiya
lang: Zazaki
word: ita
lang: Zazaki
word: ito
lang: Zhuang
word: gizneix
lang: Zulu
word: la
lang: Zulu
word: lapha
lang: ǃXóõ
word: táʻã
lang: Arabic
word: هْنا
roman: hna
lang: Czech
word: toto místo
lang: Finnish
word: tämä paikka
lang: North Frisian
word: heer
lang: German
word: Hier
lang: Hungarian
word: ez a hely
lang: Latvian
word: šejiene
lang: Northern Ohlone
word: nóm̄oknó̄ti
lang: Tamil
word: இங்கு
roman: iṅku
lang: Walloon
word: cial
lang: Walloon
word: vaici
lang: Walloon
word: ciddé
lang: Walloon
word: droci
lang: Walloon
word: roci
lang: Yoruba
word: ibí