Meaning of there | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
   not-comparable
2. there (away from the speaker and the listener)
3. At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.
   figuratively, not-comparable
4. In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.
   not-comparable
5. In existence in some place.
   not-comparable
6. In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.
   informal, not-comparable
7. After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
   informal, not-comparable
8. After certain determiners, especially 'them', 'that' and 'those', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.
   dialectal, not-comparable
9. In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.
   informal, not-comparable
10. To or into a place or location; thither.
    not-comparable
11. Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.
    not-comparable
12. In that matter, relation, etc..
    figuratively, not-comparable
13. Where, there where, in which place.
    not-comparable, obsolete
14. In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.”

“I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!”

“The air there is beneficial to health.”

“I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970.”

“The view up here is better than the view down there!”

“There's that book I've been looking for!”

“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 planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”

“To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſs there might well / Seem twilight here.”

“(Phone rings) MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department. CALLER: Is Jack there? MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.”

“He did not stop there, but continued his speech.”

“They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.”

“The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.”

“You know that I will always be there for you.”

“I know that aliens are there, somewhere.”

“If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!”

“Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.”

“Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.”

“I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.”

“I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?”

“A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […]”

“And the rarest that e’er came there.”

“So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.”

“1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Job, 28, vii, There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:”

“He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't go there.”

“You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.”

“These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see.”

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