English Explanatory Dictionary

here

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
  2. At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
  3. In this matter.
  4. Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
  5. In this context.
  6. After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
  7. After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
  8. To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
adj
  1. Alive
noun
  1. This place; this location.
  2. This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
  3. This time, the present situation.
intj
  1. Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
  2. Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
  3. Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
  4. Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
  5. Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɪə̯/ En-uk-here.ogg En-uk-hear.ogg /ˈhɪː/ /ˈhɪjə/ En-here.oga /ˈhɪɚ̯/ [ˈhɪɹ̩] /ˈhiɚ/ [ˈhiɹ̩] en-us-here.ogg /hɪː/ /ˈhiːə/ /hɪə/ /ˈhiːr/ /ˈhiːɹ/ /ˈhjɜː/ /ˈhiə/ /hɛː/

Word forms

here heres

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”).

Synonyms

right here

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

Translations

Afar: takke Afrikaans: hier Ainu: テタ Albanian: këtu Southern Altai: мында Southern Altai: бу јерде Amharic: እዚህ Western Apache: kú Arabic: هُنَا Arabic: هنا Arabic: هني Arabic: هون Arabic: هان Chadian Arabic: هني Armenian: այստեղ Armenian: հոս Aromanian: aoatsi Aromanian: auatsi Aromanian: oatsi Aromanian: aoa Aromanian: aua Assamese: ইয়াত Asturian: equí Asturian: aquí Azerbaijani: burada Azerbaijani: bax budur Azerbaijani: bura Bakhtiari: ایچو Bangi: awa Bashkir: бында Basque: hemen Belarusian: тут Bengali: এখানে Bhojpuri: इहाँ Central Bikol: digdi Brahui: daang Bulgarian: тук Bulgarian: ту́ка Burmese: ဒီမှာ Burmese: သည်မှာ Buryat: эндэ Carpathian Rusyn: ту Catalan: aquí Catalan: ací Cebuano: dinhi Cebuano: diri Chamicuro: ana'shana Cherokee: ᎭᏂ Chinese Cantonese: 呢度 Chinese: җәр Chinese: җытар Chinese: җыни Chinese: 遮 Chinese: 這跡 /这迹 Chinese Mandarin: 這裡 /这里 Chinese Mandarin: 這兒 /这儿 Chinese Mandarin: 此處 /此处 Wu Chinese: 搿搭 Chuvash: кунта Maore Comorian: v̄anu Ndzwani Comorian: vanu Ngazidja Comorian: hunu Ngazidja Comorian: pvanu Czech: tady Czech: zde Czech: tu Arabic: هْنا Armenian: այստեղ Czech: toto místo Dutch: hier Finnish: tämä paikka Finnish: täällä North Frisian: heer German: Hier Hungarian: ez a hely Latvian: šejiene Northern Ohlone: nóm̄oknó̄ti Polish: tu Polish: tutaj Portuguese: aqui Tamil: இங்கு Tamil: இங்கே Walloon: cial Walloon: vaici Walloon: ciddé Walloon: droci Walloon: roci Yoruba: ibí
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