here — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adverb

1. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

   ÜbersetzungAn diesem Ort, nahe der sprechenden Person.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   Your bag is here.

   Deine Tasche ist hier.

   You wait here while I fetch my coat.

   Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

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   It says here that he died in 1970.

   The air here is foul.

   The view up here is better than the view down there!

   Here is the report that you asked for.

   Here I stand.

   Kilroy was here.

   I've invited him here tomorrow.

   Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,

   The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”

   Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.

2. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)

   ÜbersetzungAn diesem Punkt oder in dieser Phase eines Vorgangs.

   Gebrauch

   • abstract
   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   Here we need to check the numbers.

   An dieser Stelle müssen wir die Zahlen prüfen.

   I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.

   Here endeth the lesson.

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   Here, perhaps I ought to stop.

   “And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.

3. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. In this matter.

   Gebrauch

   • abstract
   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.

4. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable
   • as complement of 'be'

   Beispiele

   Flu season is here.

   Christmas will soon be here.

5. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. In this context.

   Gebrauch

   • abstract
   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

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   Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.

   The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined:

   The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here.

6. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.

   Gebrauch

   • informell
   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.

7. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.

   Gebrauch

   • dialectal
   • informell
   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   This here orange is too sour.

   Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.

8. To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.

   ÜbersetzungZu diesem Ort hin.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   Come here for a moment.

   Komm kurz hierher.

   Please come here.

   He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.

Adjektiv

1. Alive

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!

Substantiv

1. This place; this location.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

   Beispiele

   Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.

   An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.

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   For time and extension seem continuous elements; the here is one space with the other heres round it

   More than ever, the here is porous.

   We can't see it because it is an aspect of our seeing, it is a function of our gaze: the field of the here is established in — and by — our presence.

2. This place; this location. This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.

   Gebrauch

   • übertragen
   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

   Beispiele

   I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.

   I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.

3. This time, the present situation.

   Gebrauch

   • abstract
   • nicht zählbar
   • usually

Interjektion

1. Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.

   Gebrauch

   • Slang

   Beispiele

   Here, now I'm giving it to you.

2. Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.

   Gebrauch

   • Ireland
   • britischer Gebrauch
   • Slang

   Beispiele

   Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.

3. Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.

   Gebrauch

   • informell

   Beispiele

   Here! You! Stop doing that!

4. Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.

   ÜbersetzungAntwort auf einen Namensaufruf: anwesend.

   Beispiele

   When the teacher called my name, I said, "Here!"

   Als die Lehrerin meinen Namen aufrief, sagte ich: „Hier!“

   Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?

5. Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.

   Beispiele

   "Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!"

Adjektiv

1. being here now

   Beispiele

   is everyone here?

Substantiv

1. the present location; this place; location, proximal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, proximal

   Antonyme

   there

   Oberbegriffe

   location

   Beispiele

   where do we go from here?

Adverb

1. in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

   Antonyme

   there

   Beispiele

   I work here

   turn here

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   radio waves received here on Earth

2. in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail

   Beispiele

   what do we have here?

   here I must disagree

3. to this place (especially toward the speaker)

   Synonyme

   hither

   Antonyme

   there

   Beispiele

   come here, please

4. at this time; now

   Beispiele

   we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon