There

/ðə(ɹ)/ · adverb

Meaning

(location) 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)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (location) 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).
2. (location) To or into a place or location; thither.
3. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc..
4. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
5. In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.
6. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.
7. Used to express victory or completion.
8. That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).

Example Sentences

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.

I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970.

The view up here is better than the view down there!

There's that book I've been looking for!

1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Genesis, 2, viii, The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man, both bound together;

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Antonyms for there

Related Words

Word Forms

• dar
• der
• dere
• thur
• thar
• dey
• thare
• theres

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