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There

/ðeː(ɹ)/

That place.

📖 Definitions of "There"

noun
  1. 1

    That place.

  2. 2

    That status; that position.

    "You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there."

adverb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.

    "He did not stop there, but continued his speech."

  3. 3

    (location) To or into that place; thither.

  4. 4

    Where, there where, in which place.

pronoun
  1. 1

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

    "Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]"

  2. 2

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

    "If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x."

  3. 3

    Used with other verbs, when raised.

    "I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]"

  4. 4

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

    "therefor, thereat, thereunder"

interjection
  1. 1

    Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.

    "There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right."

  2. 2

    Used to express victory or completion.

    "There! That knot should hold."

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