here — Dizionario inglese

Avverbio

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

   TraduzioneIn, su o presso questo luogo, percepito come vicino al parlante; confrontare con there.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Your bag is here.

   You wait here while I fetch my coat.

   Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

   Altri esempi (10)

   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.)

   TraduzioneIn, su o presso questo luogo, percepito come vicino al parlante; confrontare con there. A questo punto o stadio di un processo, argomentazione, narrazione, ecc.

   Uso

   • abstract
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Here we need to check the numbers.

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

   Here endeth the lesson.

   Altri esempi (2)

   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.

   Uso

   • abstract
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • as complement of 'be'

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • abstract
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (2)

   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.

   Uso

   • informale
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • dialectal
   • informale
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   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.

   TraduzioneVerso questo luogo; usato al posto del letterario o arcaico hither.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Come here for a moment.

   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.

Aggettivo

1. Alive

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

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

Sostantivo

1. This place; this location.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Esempi

   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.

   Altri esempi (3)

   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.

   Uso

   • figurato
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • abstract
   • non numerabile
   • usually

Interiezione

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

   Uso

   • gergo

   Esempi

   Here, now I'm giving it to you.

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

   Uso

   • Ireland
   • uso britannico
   • gergo

   Esempi

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

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

   Uso

   • informale

   Esempi

   Here! You! Stop doing that!

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

   TraduzioneRisposta al proprio nome durante l'appello, per indicare la propria presenza.

   Esempi

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

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

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

   Esempi

   "Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!"

Aggettivo

1. being here now

   Esempi

   is everyone here?

Sostantivo

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

   Contrari

   there

   Termini più generali

   location

   Esempi

   where do we go from here?

Avverbio

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

   Contrari

   there

   Esempi

   I work here

   turn here

   Altri esempi (1)

   radio waves received here on Earth

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

   Esempi

   what do we have here?

   here I must disagree

3. to this place (especially toward the speaker)

   Sinonimi

   hither

   Contrari

   there

   Esempi

   come here, please

4. at this time; now

   Esempi

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