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  • /ˈhɪə̯/ UK
  • /ˈhɪː/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈhɪjə/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈhɪɚ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈhɪɹ̩] Canada, US
  • /ˈhiɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈhiɹ̩] Canada, US
  • /hɪː/ Australia
  • /ˈhiːə/
  • /hɪə/
  • /ˈhiːr/ Scotland
  • /ˈhiːɹ/ Scotland
  • /ˈhjɜː/ Wales
  • /ˈhiə/ New Zealand
  • /hɛː/

Sounds like hear, hir, hair, hare (both cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.

Cognates

Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).

adverb

  1. not comparable In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. You wait here while I fetch my coat.
  2. abstract, not comparable At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.) I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
  3. abstract, not comparable In this matter. You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
  4. not comparable Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now. Flu season is here.
  5. abstract, not comparable In this context. 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.
  6. informal, not comparable After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person. Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
  7. dialectal, informal, not comparable After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here. This here orange is too sour.
  8. not comparable To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither. Please come here.

adjective

  1. not comparable Alive I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!

noun heres

  1. uncountable, usually This place; this location. Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
  2. figuratively, uncountable, usually This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location. I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
  3. abstract, uncountable, usually This time, the present situation.

interjection

  1. slang Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener. Here, now I'm giving it to you.
  2. Ireland, UK, slang Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want. Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
  3. informal Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way. Here! You! Stop doing that!
  4. Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present. Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?
  5. Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker. "Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!"

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