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there¹

  • /ðə(ɹ)/
  • /ðɛə(ɹ)/
  • /ðɛː(ɹ)/
  • /ðɜː(ɹ)/
  • /ðɛː/
  • /ðɐ/
  • /ðeɹ/
  • /ðɚ/
  • /ðɛɚ/
  • /ðɛɹ/
  • /ðeː/
  • [ðeːɹ]
  • /ðiə/
  • /ðeə/

Sounds like their, they're · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r.

Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).

adverb dar · der · dere · thur · thar · dey

  1. not comparable 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). I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.
  2. figuratively, not comparable At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place. He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
  3. not comparable In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there. You know that I will always be there for you.
  4. not comparable In existence in some place. I know that aliens are there, somewhere.
  5. informal, not comparable In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted. If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!
  6. informal, not comparable After the name of a person perceived as located ‘away’ from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person. Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.
  7. dialectal, not comparable After certain determiners, especially ‘them’, ‘that’ and ‘those’, used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there. Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.
  8. informal, not comparable In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there. I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.
  9. not comparable To or into a place or location; thither. I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?
  10. not comparable Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there. He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't go there.
  11. figuratively, not comparable In that matter, relation, etc.. You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.
  12. not comparable, obsolete Where, there where, in which place.
  13. not comparable In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below. 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.

Similar: over there, away there, yonder, over there, away there, thither, yonder

interjection dar · der · dere · thur · thar · dey

  1. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now. There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
  2. Used to express victory or completion. There! That knot should hold.

noun theres · dar · der · dere · thur · thar

  1. That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied). We need someone to take us from here to there.
  2. That situation; that position. You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.

pronoun dar · der · dere · thur · thar · dey

  1. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied. There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
  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. Used with other verbs, when raised. There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]
  4. idiomatic, in compounds That. therefor, thereat, thereunder
  5. colloquial Appended to words of greeting etc. Hi there, young fellow.

there²

contraction

  1. contraction, misspelling Misspelling of they’re.they’re

there³

determiner

  1. misspelling Misspelling of their.their

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