Pronunciations (17)
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/ðə(ɹ)/
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/ðɛə(ɹ)/
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/ðɛː(ɹ)/
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/ðɜː(ɹ)/
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/ðɛː/
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/ðɐ/
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/ðeɹ/
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/ðɚ/
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/ðɛɚ/
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/ðɛɹ/
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/ðeː/
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[ðeːɹ]
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/ðiə/
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/ðeə/
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ðɛə(ɹ)
Pronunciation notes
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ðɛəɹ
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ðeː(ɹ)
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Adverb
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).
Usage- not-comparable
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The library is there.
I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.
I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!
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The air there is beneficial to health.
I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970.
The view up here is better than the view down there!
There's that book I've been looking for!
And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man, both bound together;
1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Genesis, 2, viii, The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſs there might well / Seem twilight here.
(Phone rings) MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department. CALLER: Is Jack there? MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.
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). At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
Usage- Figurative
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He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
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The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
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). In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
Usage- not-comparable
- as complement of ‘be’
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You know that I will always be there for you.
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). In existence in some place.
Usage- not-comparable
- as complement of ‘be’
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I know that aliens are there, somewhere.
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). In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
Usage- Informal
- not-comparable
- as complement of ‘be’
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If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!
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). After the name of a person perceived as located ‘away’ from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
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Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.
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). After certain determiners, especially ‘them’, ‘that’ and ‘those’, used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
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Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.
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). In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
Usage- Informal
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- as complement of ‘be’
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I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.
To or into a place or location; thither.
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We can walk there.
I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?
A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […]
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And the rarest that e’er came there.
So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.
1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Job, 28, vii, There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
To or into a place or location; thither. Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
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He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't go there.
In that matter, relation, etc..
Usage- Figurative
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I agree with you there.
You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.
Where, there where, in which place.
Usage- not-comparable
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In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.
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These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see.
Interjection
Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.
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There, there, everything will be all right.
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
Used to express victory or completion.
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There! That knot should hold.
Noun
That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).
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We need someone to take us from here to there.
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anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.
Some of these theres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Other theres are only virtual
That situation; that position.
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You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from 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.
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There is a book on the desk.
There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]
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Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
There was just a bed, a wardrobe and some bookshelves.
1908, C. H. Bovill (lyrics), Jerome D. Kern (music), There’s Something Rather Odd About Augustus, song from the musical Fluffy Ruffles, It's very sad but all the same, / There’s something rather odd about Augustus.
1909, Leo Tolstoy, translator not mentioned, There are No Guilty People, in The Forged Coupon and Other Stories, There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; […] .
There are intentional and unintentional towns.
Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
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If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.
There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]
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Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]
There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]
1895, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes: Nursery Songs, XXII: The Tree in the Wood, All in a wood there grew a fine tree,
1897, James Baldwin, The Story of Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Home, in Four Great Americans, Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky, there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.
1904, Uriel Waldo Cutler, Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, Chapter XXXI: How Sir Launcelot Found the Holy Grail, On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."
Used with other verbs, when raised.
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There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]
I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
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There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]
There aren't supposed to be two people at the post.
That.
Usage- idiomatic
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- with certain prepositions
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therefor, thereat, thereunder
Appended to words of greeting etc.
Usage- Colloquial
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Hi there, young fellow.
Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?
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So, Mom, what are you cooking there?
Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.
Noun
a location other than here; that place; location, medial pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, distal; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, distal
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you can take it from there
Adverb
in or at that place or location
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they have lived there for years
it's not there
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that man there
in that matter; in that respect; on that point
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I agree with you there
to or toward that place; away from the speaker
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go there around noon!