English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ðɛə(ɹ)/,
• IPA: /ðɛɹ/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-there.ogg
• :

Homophones

• their
• they're

Etymology

< < < {{proto|Indo-European|tar-|there}} < demonstrative pronominal base *{{term|to-||the, that}} + adverbial suffix .

• Akin to Dutch , German , Old High German , Swedish , Danish , Icelandic , and Gothic , Sanskrit {{term|tarhi||then|lang=sa}}, and English . See (pronoun).

Adverb

1. In or at that place or location.
2. * [They] there left me and my man, both bound together. — Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, V-i
3. * The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. — Genesis 2:8
4. : Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off, in such a manner, that here would include the person using the word, while there would not.
5. * Darkness there might well seem twilight here. — Milton
6. 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.
7. * The law that threaten’d death becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-iii
8. To or into that place; thither.
9. * The rarest that e’er came there. — Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i
10. : 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.
11. * A knight there was, and that a worthy man. — Chaucer
12. * There is a path which no fowl knoweth. — Job 28:7
13. * Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. — Locke
14. * There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. — Suckling
15. : Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See thereabout, thereafter, therefrom, etc.
16. : Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.
17. * Spend their good there it is reasonable. — Chaucer
18. (in conjunction with verb to be|be) In existence or in this world; mention of unspecified location, somewhere.
19. : there is something amiss.

Synonyms

• thither

Derived terms

• here and there
• there are
• thereatop
• there be
• therefrom
• there is
• theretoward
• therewith

Translations

• Afrikaans: daar
• Albanian: {{t+|sq|aty|xs=Albanian}}, {{t+|sq|atje|xs=Albanian}}
• Arabic: ‎{{Arab|هناك|هُنَاكَ}} (hunáːka), ‎{{Arab|هنالك|هُنَالِكَ}} (hunáːlika)
• Arabic, Egyptian: (hinaak)
• Aramaic:
• : Syriac: ܬܡܢ (tamān, tamon)
• : Hebrew: תמן (tamān, tamon)
• Bulgarian: там (tam)
• Catalan: allà, allí
• Chinese: 那里/那裡 (nàli), 那兒 (nà+ér=nàr)
• Croatian: ,
• Czech:
• Danish:
• Dutch: , ,
• Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tie|xs=Esperanto}}
• Finnish:
  • (when the place is pointed at: )
• ::: tuolla (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
• ::: tuossa (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
• :* (when the place is not pointed at:)
• ::: siellä (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
• ::: siinä (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
• French: ,
• German: ,
• Greek: εκεί (ekí)
• Guaraní: upépe
• Hebrew: ‎שם‎ (sham)
• Hungarian:
• Icelandic: , ,

• Ido: ibe
• Indonesian: situ (less distant), sana (more distant)
• Irish: {{t-|ga|ansin|xs=Irish}}
• Italian: ,
• Japanese: {{t+|ja|そこ|tr=sokó|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|あそこ|tr=asokó|sc=Jpan}}
• Korean: 거기에 (geogi-e)
• Lakota: heci
• Latin: ibi, illic, istic
• Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|ten|xs=Lithuanian}}
• Luxembourgish: do#Luxembourgish|do
• Navajo: aadi
• Norwegian:
• Polish:
• Portuguese: , ,
• Quechua: jaqaypi (-pi = locative case)
• Romanian: ,
• Russian: там (tam)
• Sardinian (Campidanese): inni
• Sardinian (Nugorese): incúe
• Serbian: тамо (tamo)
• Slovak:
• Slovene:
• Spanish: , ,
• Swedish:
• Telugu: {{t|te|అక్కడ|tr=akkaDa|sc=Telu}}
• Turkish: şurada (less distant), ora, orada (more distant)
• Ukrainian: там (tam)
• Vietnamese: đằng kia
• Welsh: yna

• Albanian: {{t+|sq|atje|xs=Albanian}}
• Bulgarian: тук (tuk)
• Greek: ιδού (iðú), να (ná)

• Latin: ibi, illic
• Swedish:

• Albanian: {{t+|sq|andej|xs=Albanian}}
• Arabic: ‎{{Arab|الى هناك|إلَى هُنَاكَ}} (íla hunáːka)
• Bulgarian: натам (natam), нататък (natatäk)
• Croatian:
• Czech:
• Danish: did#Danish|did, derhen
• Dutch: daarheen, aldaar
• Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tien|xs=Esperanto}}
• Finnish:
  • (when the place is pointed at: )
• ::: tuonne (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
• ::: tuohon (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
• :* (when the place is not pointed at:)
• ::: sinne (the place more distant or less accurately confined)
• ::: siihen (-"- less distant or more accurately confined)
• German: dorthin, dahin
• Greek: εκείσε (ekíse), προς τα εκεί (pros ta ekí)

• Hebrew: ‎לשם‎ (le-shám)
• Hungarian:
• Icelandic:
• Indonesian: ke situ (less distant), ke sana (more distant)
• Irish: {{t-|ga|ansin|xs=Irish}}
• Japanese: そこへ (sokó e), あそこへ (asokó e)
• Latin: eo, illuc, istuc
• Quechua: jaqayman (-man = illative case)
• Russian: {{t+|ru|туда|tr=tudá|sc=Cyrl}}
• Serbian: тамо (tamo)
• Slovene:
• Spanish: por allí, hacia allá
• Swedish: dit (as exclamation: där)
• Telugu: అక్కడ (akkaDa)
• Turkish: şuraya (less distant), oraya (more distant)
• Ukrainian: туди (tudy)
• Vietnamese: đằng kia

Interjection

1. Used to console or encourage someone.
2. : There, there!

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