there be

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-there be.wav

Word forms

there be no-table-tags glossary there is there's there was there are there're there were let there be there being there having been

Etymology

The expletive there, from Old English þær, to fill the first position in English's historic V2 word order.

Synonyms

Related words

as if there is no tomorrow as if there's no tomorrow as if there was no tomorrow as if there were no tomorrow if ever there was one if ever there were one if ever there were some if there's grass on the field, play ball if there's grass on the pitch, play ball in unity, there is strength in wine there is truth in wine, there is truth let there be light like there is no tomorrow like there's no tomorrow like there was no tomorrow like there were no tomorrow that's all there is to it there are bad apples in every orchard there are many ways to skin a cat there are many ways to skin cats there are more horses' asses than horses there are no atheists in foxholes there are none so blind as those who will not see there are no stupid questions there are plenty more fish in the sea there are plenty of fish in the sea there are plenty more pebbles on the beach there are plenty of pebbles on the beach there are two sides to every question there are two sides to every story there is a lid for every pot there is a new sheriff in town there is an exception to every rule there's an exception to every rule there is a place and time for everything there's a place and time for everything there is a time and a place for everything there's a time and a place for everything there is a time and place for everything there's a time and place for everything there is no fool like an old fool there's no fool like an old fool there is no free lunch there is no honor among thieves there is no Planet B there is no replacement for displacement there is no spoon there is no such thing as a free lunch there's no such thing as a free lunch there is no such thing as bad press there is no such thing as bad publicity there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing there is no there there there is no there there's no there there there's no there there is nothing new under the sun there is no war in Ba Sing Se there is reason in the roasting of eggs
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