English Explanatory Dictionary

there

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. 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).
  2. At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
  3. In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
  4. In existence in some place.
  5. In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
  6. After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
  7. After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
  8. In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
  9. To or into a place or location; thither.
  10. Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
  11. In that matter, relation, etc..
  12. Where, there where, in which place.
intj
  1. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.
  2. Used to express victory or completion.
noun
  1. That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
  2. That situation; that position.
pron
  1. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
  2. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
  3. Used with other verbs, when raised.
  4. That.
  5. Appended to words of greeting etc.
contraction
  1. Misspelling of they’re.
det
  1. Misspelling of their.

Pronunciation

/ðə(ɹ)/ /ðɛə(ɹ)/ /ðɛː(ɹ)/ /ðɚ/ /ðɛɚ/ /ðɛɹ/ /ðeː/ [ðeːɹ] /ðeɹ/ /ðiə/ /ðeə/ /ðɜː(ɹ)/ En-uk-there.ogg en-us-there.ogg

Word forms

there dar der dere thur thar dey thare theres

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”).

Synonyms

over there away there yonder thither

Derived words

there must be something in the water all there are we there yet as if there is no tomorrow as if there was no tomorrow as if there were no tomorrow behind every great man there stands a woman behind every successful man there stands a woman be there be there and be square be there or be square cross that bridge when one gets there don't go there down there f/8 and be there get in there get someone there get there get-there-ativeness get-there-itis go there halfway there have someone there hello there here and there here, there and everywhere hey there hi there ho there how's the weather up there if ever there was one if ever there were one if ever there were some if there ever were one in there like swimwear I see what you did there is there a grocery store nearby is there a mouse in your pocket is there a problem is there a smaller size it's a jungle out there leave it all out there let there be light like there is no tomorrow like there was no tomorrow like there were no tomorrow neither here nor there out there out-there out-there-ness put her there put it there sit there like a lemon so there stand there like a lemon that's all there is to it that there then and there there again there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

Translations

Afrikaans: daar Ainu: トアンタ Albanian: aty Albanian: atje Albanian: andej Southern Altai: анда Southern Altai: ондо American Sign Language: 1@Side-PalmDown Western Apache: nlú Arabic: هُنَاكَ Arabic: هُنَالِكَ Arabic: هُنَا Arabic: هناك Arabic: إِلَى هُنَاكَ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܡܵܐ Aramaic: תמן Aramaic: ܬܡܢ Armenian: այնտեղ Armenian: հոն Aromanian: aclo Aromanian: atsia Aromanian: aclotsi Assamese: তাত Assamese: তালৈ Asturian: allá Azerbaijani: orada Bashkir: унда Belarusian: там Belarusian: туды́ Bengali: ওখানে Bengali: সেখানে Bhojpuri: ऊहाँ Central Bikol: duman Central Bikol: diyan Bulgarian: там Bulgarian: ната́м Bulgarian: ната́тък Burmese: ဟိုမှာ Burmese: ဟိုနား Burmese: အဲဒီမှာ Catalan: allà Catalan: allí Chinese Cantonese: 嗰度 Chinese: нэни Chinese: нэтар Chinese: 遐 Chinese Mandarin: 那裡 /那里 Chinese Mandarin: 那兒 /那儿 Czech: tam Danish: der Danish: did Danish: derhen Dutch: daar Dutch: ginder Dutch: ginds Dutch: daarheen Dutch: aldaar Elfdalian: dar Esperanto: tie Esperanto: tien Estonian: seal Estonian: sinna Even: тала Evenki: тала Faroese: har Faroese: hagar Finnish: tuolla Finnish: tuossa Finnish: siellä Finnish: siinä Finnish: tuonne Finnish: tuohon Finnish: sinne Finnish: siihen French: là French: là-bas French: y Old French: i Old French: la West-Frisian: dêr Galician: alí Georgian: იქ
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary