There

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Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 1.1 Homophones 2 Etymology 3 Adverb 3.1 Synonyms 3.2 Derived expressions 3.3 Translations

Pronunciation

• AHD: thâr
• IPA: /ðeə(r)/
• SAMPA: /De@(r)/

Homophones

• their
• they're

Etymology

Old English ther, Anglo-Saxon dǣr; akin to Dutch daar, German da, Old High German dār, Swedish and Danish der, Icelandic and Gothic þar, Sanskrit tarhi then, and English that. See that (pronoun).

Adverb

there

1. In or at that place.

   Quotations

   • [They] there left me and my man, both bound together. — Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, V-i
   • The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. — Genesis 2:8

   Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off.

   Quotations

   • Darkness there might well seem twilight here. — Milton

2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.

   Quotations

   • The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-iii

3. To or into that place; thither.

   Quotations

   • The rarest that e'er came there. — Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i

   Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling attention to something, especially to something distant; as, There, there! See there! Look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.

   Quotations

   • A knight there was, and that a worthy man. — Chaucer
   • There is a path which no fowl knoweth. — Job 28:7
   • Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. — Locke
   • There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. — Suckling

   Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.

   Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.

   Quotations

   • Spend their good there it is reasonable. — Chaucer

Synonyms

• thither

Derived expressions

• Here and there, in one place and another.

Translations

In or at that place

Afrikaans: daar Arabic: ‎هُنَاكَ (hunáːka), ‎هُنَالِكَ (hunáːlika) Bulgarian: там (tam) Catalan: allà, allí Croatian: ondje, tamo Czech: tam Danish: der Dutch: daar, ginder, ginds Esperanto: tio Finnish: siellä French: là, là-bas German: dort, da Greek: εκεί (ekí) Guaraní: upépe Hebrew: ‎שם‎ (sham) Hungarian: ott Icelandic: þarna, þar Indonesian: situ (less distant), sana (more distant)

Italian: là Japanese: そこ (sokó), あそこ (asokó) Korean: 거기에 (goegi-e) Luxembourgish: do Norwegian: der Polish: tam Portuguese: aí, ali, lá Quechua: jaqaypi (-pi = locative case) Romanian: acolo, colo Russian: там (tam) Serbian: тамо (tamo) Slovak: tam Spanish: allí, ahí, allá Swedish: där Turkish: şurada (less distant), ora, orada (more distant) Ukrainian: там (tam) Vietnamese: đằng kia

In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc.

Bulgarian: тук (tuk)

To or into that place; thither

Arabic: ‎إلَى هُنَاكَ (íla hunáːka) Bulgarian: натам (natam), нататък (natatäk) Croatian: tamo Danish: did, derhen Dutch: daarheen, aldaar Esperanto: tien Finnish: sinne German: dorthin, dahin Greek: προς τα εκεί (pros ta ekí) Hebrew: ‎לשם‎ (leshám) Hungarian: oda

Icelandic: þangað Indonesian: ke situ (less distant), ke sana (more distant) Japanese: そこへ (sokó e), あそこへ (asokó e) Quechua: jaqayman (-man = illative case) Russian: туда (tudá) Serbian: тамо (tamo) Spanish: por allí, hacia allá Swedish: dit Turkish: şuraya (less distant), oraya (more distant) Ukrainian: туди (tudi) Vietnamese: đằng kia

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