Etimology
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”).
adverb
there (not comparable)
(location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
(figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
(location) 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.
Examples
And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man, both bound together;
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſs there might well / Seem twilight here.
MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department.CALLER: Is Jack there?MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […]
And the rarest that e’er came there.
So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
And spende hir good ther it is resonable;
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.
Related words
synonyms
(at or in a place): over there, away there (at some distance); thither (archaic); yonder (archaic or dialect)
(to or into that place): over there, away there (at some distance); thither (archaic); yonder (archaic or dialect)
interjection
there
Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
Used to express victory or completion.
Examples
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
There! That knot should hold.
noun
there (plural theres)
That place.
That status; that position.
Examples
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
You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.
pronoun
there
Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
Used with other verbs, when raised.
(in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
(colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc.
Examples
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?]
No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
It's very sad but all the same, / There’s something rather odd about Augustus.
There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; […] .
There are intentional and unintentional towns.
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.]
There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]
All in a wood there grew a fine tree,
Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky, there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.
On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."
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.]
There have to be two people at the post.
therefor, thereat, thereunder
Hi there, young fellow.
Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?
Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C. Audio
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determiner
there
Misspelling of their.