there

A1
Pronunciation
/ðeː(ɹ)/
/ðɛə(ɹ)/
/ðɛəɹ/
Noun
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

That place.

2 Definition

That status; that position.

Example Sentences
  • You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.
Adverb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
3 Definition

(location) To or into that place; thither.

4 Definition

Where, there where, in which place.

5 Definition

In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.

Interjection
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.

Example Sentences
  • There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
2 Definition

Used to express victory or completion.

Example Sentences
  • There! That knot should hold.
Pronoun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.
3 Definition

Used with other verbs, when raised.

Example Sentences
  • I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • therefor, thereat, thereunder
5 Definition

Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells

Example Sentences
  • Hi there, young fellow.