Definition/Meaning of there
- English - Adverb: there ( not comparable ) ( location ) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker ( compare here ). 1623 , William Shakespeare , The Comedy of Errors , Act 5 , Scene 1 , And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man , both bound together; 1769 , King James Bible , Oxford Standard text , Genesis , 2 , viii , The Lord God…
- English - Interjection: there Used to offer encouragement or sympathy . There , there . Everything is going to turn out all right . Used to express victory or completion . There! That knot should hold .
- English - Noun: there ( plural theres ) That place . That status; that position . You get it ready; I'll take it from there . Translations
- English - 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 . 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 .] 1908 , C . H . Bovill…
- English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ðɛə(ɹ)/ , /ðɛː(ɹ)/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ðɛɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophones: their , they're