there
Meaning
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- In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
- In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
- To or into that place; thither.
- (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
- In this world, used to say that someone or something exists; see pronoun section below.
Synonyms
in that place
at that place
in that direction
that place
in that respect
this is
that side
in that location
at that time
here is
in this direction
on that point
in there
here are
of that place
Quite so
to that
way over there
final particle
away from here
in thouse parts
at a distance
from there
in it
on there
to it
and here
around here
around there
just there
look there
on that
that person
to that place
that situation
that occasion
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ðɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology
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 *-r̥. 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”).
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