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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