There

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 1.1 Homophones 2 Etymology 3 Adverb 3.1 Synonyms 3.2 Derived expressions 3.3 Translations

Pronunciation

• AHD : thâr
• IPA : /ðeə(r)/
• SAMPA : /De@(r)/

Homophones

• their
• they're

Etymology

Middle English ther < Old English þær < Proto-Germanic *þær < Proto-Indo-European *tar- ("there") < PIE demonstrative pronomial base *to- ("the", "that") + adverbial suffix -r.

• Akin to Dutch daar, German da, Old High German dār , Swedish and Danish der, Icelandic and Gothic þar , Sanskrit tarhi (then), and English that. See that (pronoun).

Adverb

there

1. In or at that place.

   Quotations

   • [They] there left me and my man, both bound together. — Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, V-i
   • The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. — Genesis 2:8

   Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off.

   Quotations

   • Darkness there might well seem twilight here. — Milton

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.

   Quotations

   • The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-iii

3. To or into that place; thither.

   Quotations

   • The rarest that e'er came there. — Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i

   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.

   Quotations

   • A knight there was, and that a worthy man. — Chaucer
   • There is a path which no fowl knoweth. — Job 28:7
   • 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

   Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout , Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.

   Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.

   Quotations

   • Spend their good there it is reasonable. — Chaucer

Synonyms

• thither

Derived expressions

• Here and there, in one place and another.

Translations

In or at that place

Afrikaans: daar Arabic: ‎هُنَاكَ (hunáːka), ‎هُنَالِكَ (hunáːlika) Bulgarian: там (tam) Catalan: allà , allí Chinese: 那裡 (nàli) Croatian: ondje , tamo Czech: tam Danish: der Dutch: daar, ginder, ginds Esperanto: tie Finnish: siellä French: là, là-bas German: dort, da Greek: εκεί (ekí) Guaraní: upépe Hebrew: ‎שם ‎ (sham) Hungarian: ott Icelandic: þarna , þar Ido: ibe Indonesian: situ (less distant), sana (more distant)

Irish: ansin Italian: là Japanese: そこ (sokó), あそこ (asokó) Korean: 거기에 (geogi-e) Lakota: heci Latin: ibi, illic , istic Luxembourgish: do Norwegian: der Polish: tam Portuguese: aí , ali, lá Quechua: jaqaypi (-pi = locative case) Romanian: acolo , colo Russian: там (tam) Serbian: тамо (tamo) Slovak: tam Spanish: allí, ahí, allá Swedish: där Turkish: şurada (less distant), ora, orada (more distant) Ukrainian: там (tam) Vietnamese: đằng kia

In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc.

Bulgarian: тук (tuk)

Latin: ibi, illic

To or into that place; thither

Arabic: ‎إلَى هُنَاكَ (íla hunáːka) Bulgarian: натам (natam), нататък (natatäk) Croatian: tamo Danish: did, derhen Dutch: daarheen , aldaar Esperanto: tien Finnish: sinne German: dorthin , dahin Greek: προς τα εκεί (pros ta ekí) Hebrew: ‎לשם ‎ (leshám) Hungarian: oda Icelandic: þangað Indonesian: ke situ (less distant), ke sana (more distant)

Irish: ansin Japanese: そこへ (sokó e), あそこへ (asokó e) Latin: eo, illuc , istuc Quechua: jaqayman (-man = illative case) Russian: туда (tudá) Serbian: тамо (tamo) Spanish: por allí , hacia allá Swedish: dit Turkish: şuraya (less distant), oraya (more distant) Ukrainian: туди (tudi) Vietnamese: đằng kia