there

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived…

   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.
   • I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!
   • The air there is beneficial to health.
2. 2

   To or into a place or location

   To or into a place or location; thither.

   • I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?
   • A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […]
   • And the rarest that e’er came there.
3. 3

   In that matter, relation, etc..

   • You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.
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   1. 4

      Where, there where, in which place.

   2. 5

      In this world

      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.
   3. 6

      Used to offer encouragement or sympathy

      Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.

      • There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
   4. 7

      Used to express victory or completion.

      • There! That knot should hold.
   5. 8

      That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).

      • We need someone to take us from here to there.
      • anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.
      • Some of these theres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Other theres are only virtual
   6. 9

      That situation

      That situation; that position.

      • You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.
   7. 10

      Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually…

      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.]
      • There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]
      • Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
   8. 11

      Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other…

      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.
      • There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]
      • Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]
   9. 12

      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.]
      • I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
      • There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]
   10. 13

       That.

       • therefor, thereat, thereunder
   11. 14

       Appended to words of greeting etc.

       • Hi there, young fellow.
       • Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?
       • Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.
   12. 15

       Misspelling of they’re.

   13. 16

       Misspelling of their.

The neighborhood

• synonymover thereat or in a place
• synonymaway thereat or in a place
• synonymyonderat or in a place
• synonymthitherto or into that place