there

English

/ðɛə(ɹ)/, /ðɛəɹ/, /ðeː(ɹ)/

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Definitions
  • (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 existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English there inherited from Old English þēr inherited from Proto-Germanic *þar (there, at that place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tar- (there).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tar-

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