Word Frequency
there (ðɛə
)
Definitions
adverb
- in, at, or to that place, point, case, or respect ⇒
we never go there
,I'm afraid I disagree with you there
pronoun
- used as a grammatical subject with some verbs, esp be, when the true subject is an indefinite or mass noun phrase following the verb as
complement ⇒
there is a girl in that office
,there doesn't seem to be any water left
adjective
- postpositive who or which is in that place or position ⇒
that boy there did it
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See all there
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See so there
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See there and then
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See there it is
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See there you are
noun
- that place ⇒
near there
,from there
exclamation
- an expression of sympathy, as in consoling a child
In correct usage, the verb should agree with the number of the subject in such constructions
as there is a man waiting and there are several people waiting. However, where the subject is compound, it is common in speech to use the singular
as in there's a police car and an ambulance outside
Word Origin
Old English thǣr; related to Old Frisian thēr, Old Saxon, Old High German thār, Old Norse, Gothic tharTranslations for 'there'
- British English: there There means to a place, or at a place.I have never been there before.ðɛə ADVERB
- Arabic: هُنَاكَ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ali
- Chinese: 在那里
- Croatian: tamo
- Czech: tam
- Danish: der
- Dutch: daar
- European Spanish: allí
- Finnish: siellä
- French: là-bas
- German: da
- Greek: εκεί
- Italian: là
- Japanese: そこに
- Korean: 거기에
- Norwegian: der
- Polish: tam
- Portuguese: ali
- Romanian: acolo
- Russian: там
- Spanish: allí
- Swedish: där
- Thai: ที่นั่น
- Turkish: orada
- Ukrainian: там
- Vietnamese: ở đó
- British English: thereðɛə You use there to say that something is in a place or is happening, or to make someone notice it.There are flowers on the table. PRONOUN
- Arabic: هُنَاكَ
- Brazilian Portuguese: estar
- Chinese: 那里
- Croatian: tamo
- Czech: tam
- Danish: der
- Dutch: daar
- European Spanish: haber
- Finnish: -llä, -ssä, -lla, -ssa"pöydä[ssä], pöydä[llä]"
- French: il y ail existe
- German: da
- Greek: εκεί
- Italian: ci
- Japanese: そこに
- Korean: 거기에
- Norwegian: det
- Polish: nie tłumaczy się na język polski w połączeniu z czasownikiem
- Portuguese: haver/existir
- Romanian: subiect introductiv formal
- Russian: вот
- Spanish: ahí
- Swedish: det
- Thai: ที่นั่น ตรงนั้น
- Turkish: orada
- Ukrainian: вказує на наявність предмета або дії
- Vietnamese: có
Example Sentences Including 'there'
Despite his age there 's something of the adolescent about him.THE EXECUTION (2002)
He has entered the company of men, and there is obviously a rich collusion between them and the Sky Heroes.ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)
He said in the past inert material from road improvements might have been dumped there.Irish Times (2002)
He won the Sun Alliance Novice Hurdle in the first year he ran there in 1997," Mr John Cooney said.Irish Times (2002)
However, thanks to the rapidly growing non-food activities, there was zero inflation.Glasgow Herald (2001)
I have to see you tonight, he said, there 's something I have to tell you.THE EXECUTION (2002)
I recognised him almost immediately, of course: somehow I wasn't at all surprised to see him there outside Charlotte's flat.THE EXECUTION (2002)
July 3, 2002 Is there anything left to discover in Florence?Country Life (2004)
Just ask Robert Crawford, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, who had an 18-month spell there on secondment with the World Bank.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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