Associations to the word «There»

Wiktionary

THERE, adverb. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).

THERE, adverb. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.

THERE, adverb. (location) To or into that place; thither.

THERE, adverb. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.

THERE, adverb. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.

THERE, interjection. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.

THERE, interjection. Used to express victory or completion.

THERE, noun. That place.

THERE, noun. That status; that position.

THERE, pronoun. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.

THERE, pronoun. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.

THERE, pronoun. Used with other verbs, when raised.

THERE, pronoun. (in combination with certain prepositions) (no longer productive) That.

THERE, pronoun. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells

THERE AGAIN, adverb. (colloquial) Used to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded

THERE BEING, verb. Present participle of there be

THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, adjective. (idiom) Very obvious, easily discerned

THERE HAS BEEN, verb. Past participle of there be

THERE HAVE BEEN, verb. Past participle of there be

THERE WAS, verb. Simple past singular of there be

THERE WERE, verb. Simple past plural of there be

THERE YA GO, interjection. (informal) Alternative form of there you go

Dictionary definition

THERE, noun. A location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there".

THERE, adverb. In or at that place; "they have lived there for years"; "it's not there"; "that man there".

THERE, adverb. In that matter; "I agree with you there".

THERE, adverb. To or toward that place; away from the speaker; "go there around noon!".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.

William Butler Yeats

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