Complete Definition of "there"

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English

rank|them|when|if|52|there|more|out|into

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/ð��/, SAMPA|/DE@/
a|GenAm? IPA|/ð�ɹ/, SAMPA|/DEr/
audio|en-us-there.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��(r)

Homophones
their
they're

Etymology
ME. term|ther|langenm < OE. term|þær|langang < proto|Germanic|þær < proto|Indo-European|tar-|there < PIE. demonstrative pronominal base *term|to-||the, that + adverbial suffix term|-r.
Akin to Dutch term|daar|langnl, German term|da|langde, Old High German term|d�r|langgoh, Swedish term|där|langsv, Danish term|der|langda, Icelandic term|þar|langis, and Gothic term|þar|langgot, Sanskrit term|tarhi||then|langsa, and English term|that. See term|that (pronoun).

Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. In or at that place or location.

#*[They] there left me and my man, both bound together. � Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, V-i
#*The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. � Genesis 2:8
#: Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off, in such a manner, that here would include the person using the word, while there would not.
#*Darkness there might well seem twilight here. � Milton

  1. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.

#*The law that threaten�d death becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. � Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-iii

  1. To or into that place; thither.

#*The rarest that e�er came there. � Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i
#: Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling attention to something, especially to something distant; as, There, there! See there! Look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.
#*A knight there was, and that a worthy man. � Chaucer
#*There is a path which no fowl knoweth. � Job 28:7
#*Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. � Locke
#*There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. � Suckling
#: Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See thereabout, thereafter, therefrom, etc.
#: Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.
#*Spend their good there it is reasonable. � Chaucer

  1. (abstract) In existence or in this world; mention of unspecified location, somewhere.

#:there is something amiss.

Synonyms
sense|to or into that place thither

Derived terms
here and there
there are
thereatop
therefrom
there is
theretoward
therewith

Translations
trans-top|in or at that place
Afrikaans: daar
Albanian: aty, atje
Arabic: �ARchar|��ا�|����ا�� (huná�ka), �ARchar|��ا��|����ا���� (huná�lika)
Arabic, Egyptian: ARchar|��ا� (hinaak)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܬܡܢ (tam�n, tamon)
:Hebrew: ת�� (tam�n, tamon)
Bulgarian: �ам (tam)
Catalan: allà, allí
Chinese: ��/�裡 (nàli), �� (nà+ér=nàr)
Croatian: ondje, tamo
Czech: tam
Danish: der
Dutch: daar, ginder, ginds
Esperanto: tie
Finnish:
*(when the place is pointed at: )
:::tuolla (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
:::tuossa (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
:*(when the place is not pointed at:)
:::siellä (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
:::siinä (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
French: là, là-bas
German: dort, da
Greek: εκεί (ekí)
Guaraní: upépe
Hebrew: �ש�� (sham)
Hungarian: ott
Icelandic: þarna, þar, það
Ido: ibe
Indonesian: situ (less distant), sana (more distant)
Irish: ansin
Italian: là, ivi
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (sokó), ��� (asokó)
Korean: 거기� (geogi-e)
Lakota: heci
Latin: ibi, illic, istic
Lithuanian: ten
Luxembourgish: do#Luxembourgish|do
Navajo: aadi
Norwegian: der#Norwegian|der
Polish: tam
Portuguese: aí, ali, lá
Quechua: jaqaypi (-pi = locative case)
Romanian: acolo, colo
Russian: �ам (tam)
Sardinian (Campidanese): inni
Sardinian (Nugorese): incúe
Serbian: �амо (tamo)
Slovak: tam
Slovene: tam
Spanish: allí, ahí, allá
Swedish: där
Telugu: ����డ (akkaDa)
Turkish: �urada (less distant), ora, orada (more distant)
Ukrainian: �ам (tam)
Vietnamese: �ằng kia
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trans-top|in that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc.
Albanian: atje
Bulgarian: ��к (tuk)
Latin: ibi, illic
trans-mid
Swedish: där
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trans-top|to or into that place; thither
Albanian: andej
Arabic: �ARchar|ا�� ��ا�|إ��� ����ا�� (íla huná�ka)
Bulgarian: на�ам (natam), на�а��к (natatäk)
Croatian: tamo
Czech: tam
Danish: did#Danish|did, derhen
Dutch: daarheen, aldaar
Esperanto: tien
Finnish:
*(when the place is pointed at: )
:::tuonne (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
:::tuohon (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
:*(when the place is not pointed at:)
:::sinne (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
:::siihen (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
German: dorthin, dahin
Greek: ��ο� �α εκεί (pros ta ekí)
Hebrew: ��ש�� (le-shám)
Hungarian: oda
Icelandic: þangað
Indonesian: ke situ (less distant), ke sana (more distant)
trans-mid
Irish: ansin
Japanese: ��� (sokó e), ���� (asokó e)
Latin: eo, illuc, istuc
Quechua: jaqayman (-man = illative case)
Russian: ��да (tudá)
Serbian: �амо (tamo)
Slovene: tja
Spanish: por allí, hacia allá
Swedish: dit (as exclamation: där)
Telugu: ����డ (akkaDa)
Turkish: �uraya (less distant), oraya (more distant)
Ukrainian: ��ди (tudy)
Vietnamese: �ằng kia
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Interjection
en-intj

  1. Used to console or encourage someone.

#: There, there!

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English homophones

ar:there
es:there
fa:there
fr:there
ko:there
hy:there
io:there
it:there
kk:there
hu:there
ja:there
pl:there
pt:there
ru:there
simple:there
fi:there
ta:there
te:there
vi:there
tr:there
uk:there
zh:there

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