Lexic.us

Definition of There

1. Adverb. In or at that place. "That man there"

2. Noun. A location other than here; that place. "You can take it from there"

3. Adverb. In that matter. "I agree with you there"

4. Adverb. To or toward that place; away from the speaker. "Go there around noon!"

Definition of There

1. adv. In or at that place.

Definition of There

1. Adverb. (context: location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (''compare here''). ¹

2. Adverb. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place. ¹

3. Adverb. (context: location) To or into that place; thither. ¹

4. Adverb. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place. ¹

5. Adverb. In existence or in this world; ''see pronoun section below''. ¹

6. Interjection. (non-gloss definition Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.) ¹

7. Interjection. (non-gloss definition Used to express victory or completion.) ¹

8. Noun. That place. ¹

9. Noun. That status; that position. ¹

10. Pronoun. (non-gloss definition Used as an expletive subject of (term be#Verb be) in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.) ¹

11. Pronoun. (non-gloss definition Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.) ¹

12. Pronoun. (non-gloss definition Used with other verbs, when raised.) ¹

13. Pronoun. (context: in combination with certain prepositions no longer productive) That. ¹

14. Pronoun. (colloquial) (non-gloss definition Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of There

1. that place [n -S]

Medical Definition of There

1. 1. In or at that place. "[They] 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." (Ge. Ii. 8) In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." . 2. 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. "The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy." (Shak) 3. To or into that place; thither. "The rarest that e'er came there." (Shak) There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the 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. "A knight there was, and that a worthy man." (Chaucer) "There is a path which no fowl knoweth." (Job xxviii. 7) "Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced." (Locke) "There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue." (Suckling) There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc. There was formerly used in the sense of where. "Spend their good there it is reasonable." (Chaucer) Here and there, in one place and another. Synonym: See Thither. Origin: OE. Ther, AS. Oar; akin to D. Daar, G. Da, OHG. Dar, Sw. & Dan. Der, Icel. & Goth. Oar, Skr. Tarhi then, and E. That. 184. See That. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of There

therapize therapized therapizes therapizing therapod therapods therapsid therapsids therapy therapying

therapylike theratoma theratomas therblig therbligs there'd there'll there're there's there's a grain of truth in every joke

there's a sucker born every minute there's an app for that there's been an accident there's many a slip twixt cup and lip there's more than one way to skin a cat there's more where that came from there's no I in team there's no accounting for taste there's no fool like an old fool

Literary usage of There

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions to the Science of Education by William Harold Payne (1886)
"Or, (2) Is there such a science in esse ? I shall attempt to answer these queries ... I. Is there, from the very constitution of things, a science of human ..."

2. Studies in Modern Socialism and Labor Problems by Thomas Edwin Brown (1886)
""Is there a social question?" some one once asked the Frenchman Gambetta. ... "No, there is no social question." Few men who think will accept ..."

3. Studies in Modern Socialism and Labor Problems by Thomas Edwin Brown (1886)
""Is there a social question?" some one once asked the Frenchman Gambetta. ... "No, there is no social question." Few men who think will accept ..."

4. A Historic and Present Day Guide to Old Deerfield by Emma Lewis Coleman (1907)
"there are two routes from New York: that by the New York, New Haven & Hartford to ... there is not an attractive hotel in the village; Mr. James H. Briggs, ..."

5. A Historic and Present Day Guide to Old Deerfield by Emma Lewis Coleman (1907)
"there are two routes from New York: that by the New York, New Haven & Hartford to ... there is not an attractive hotel in the village; Mr. James H. Briggs, ..."

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