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thereadv.adj.n. Etymology: Old English þǽr , þár , þér , cognate with Old Saxon thâr , Old Frisian thêr ,29 dêr , Middle Low German dār , Middle Dutch daer , Dutch daar , Old High German dâr (Middle High German dâr , dâ , German da ); compare also Gothic þar , Old Norse þar (Swedish, Danish der ); all derivatives of the demonstrative stem þa- , pre-Germanic to- (that pron.1, adj.1, adv., and n., the adj., pron.2, and n.1). The adverbial suffix -r appears also in Old English hwǽr , hwér , hwar , where adv. and conj.Besides þǽr, etc., Old English had also a rare form þāra, probably an emphatic derivative, like Old High German dāra, dāre, and not cognate with Old High German dara, Middle High German dare, dar, ‘thither’. In Middle English all the variants þār, þǣr, þêr, þôr appear also with final -e, perhaps taken from the adverbial -e in inne, uppe, úte, fore, etc. The later forms thare and there may represent Middle English þāre, þêre, or the final e may merely indicate the long vowel. Signification. I. As a demonstrative adverb. * Expressing locality or position. 1. the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there c888 [see α. forms]. a900 [see β. forms]. c9501 [see δ. forms]. c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in (1885) 8 303 Þonne beoð þær swa fela concurrentes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 360 Þær þu findest seouen houndred. c1400 118 Þei ȝede to þe cite of Sewill..and þere þei leuyd .ij. ȝere. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cv. 126 The erle of Derby went to Pelagrue, and ther was sixe dayes. 1673 J. Ray 23 At our being there it was held with a strong Garrison. 1786 W. Cowper 1 May (1981) II. 533 I have walked there, but I never walked thither. 1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in 1st Ser. I. xi. 190 The cloud-berry..which is only found on very high hills, and there only in small quantities. 1874 R. B. Smith (1876) 322 There if anywhere, will be the Armageddon of Islam. c950 Matt. vi. 21 Ðer vel huer forðon is strion ðin ðer is and hearta ðin. c1000 (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 21 Þær ðin gold is þær is ðin heorte. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 20258 Þar i sal be, quar mi sun is. c1500 (1895) xxxvi. 294 There where he passed by he enquyred after guedon. 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto sig. ¶ijv Where the hedge is lowest, there doth euery man go ouer. 1810 G. Crabbe iii. 38 Where Time has plough'd, there Misery loves to sow. 1850 J. McCosh (ed. 2) ii. i. 142 Wherever we find law, there we see the certain traces of a lawgiver. 1850 Ld. Tennyson cxxi. 190 There rolls the deep where grew the tree. View more context for this quotation 2. 1609 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 86 I would haue peace.., but the foole will not, he there . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 160 You that haue beene so tenderly officious With Lady Margerie, your Mid-wife there . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 276 He din'de with her there, at the Porpentine. 1794 A. Radcliffe IV. iv. 65 There she lay..her face was upon the pillow there! 1912 at There Mod. Hand me that book there, please. 1589 J. Lyly C b Hollow there, giue me the beard I wore yesterday. a1596 (1911) i. ii. 97 Silence there, hoe! 1608 W. Shakespeare xxi. 23 Louder the musicke there . View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. C2/1 Put to the doores a while there. 1676 J. Dryden ii. 24 Your fury hardens me:..A Guard there; seize her. 1841 C. Dickens x. 290 ‘Halloa there! Hugh!’ roared John. 1859 v. 200 He will..use some such phrase as: ‘May I trouble you for that ball, sir?’ not ‘Ball, you there’, as one sometimes hears it. 1885 ‘P. Perkins’ (1886) 33 We would have had to walk, I believe, if a man hadn't come along and let out the most satisfactory ‘Hi, there!’ you've ever heard, and stopped a car. a1912 Hurry up there! Do you hear there? Pass along there, please! 1924 5 270 Hi there, (call or warning). 1945 T. Williams ii. i. 33 A girl: Hello! Val: (amiably) Hello there. 1962 J. Braine xv. 188 ‘Hello there,’ I said, ‘What's new?’ c. 1741 S. Richardson III. xxxviii. 404 On leaving yours and Mr. B.'s hospitable House, because of that there Affair. 1778 F. Burney III. xxi. 240 Did you ever get a ducking in that there place? 1778 F. Burney III. xxi. 240 ‘For the matter of that there,’ said the Captain, ‘you must make him a soldier.’ 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in 2nd Ser. IV. 87 That trunk is mine, and that there band-box, and that pillion mail. 1825 J. Neal I. 244 Is that 'air fellow gone yet? 1840 W. M. Thackeray vi How came you by that there horse? 1863 20 June The ‘this here’ and ‘that there’ (euphonically contracted into ‘that 'ere’) of the Cockney. 1819 Ld. Byron 26 Oct. (1976) VI. 232 As to ‘Don Juan’—confess—confess—you dog—and be candid—that it is the sublime of that there sort of writing—it may be bawdy—but is it not good English? 1933 Squiers & Wark You can't do that there 'Ere in 37 As they took a kiss, The keeper shouted this: You can't do that there 'ere, so there! You can't do that there 'ere. You'd ought to know you 'ad, I'm sure, That that there 'ere's agin the law. 1937 13 Apr. 8/3 The British Government gives vent to a ‘John-Bullism’, and says, after the abduction of a Hindu girl from within the border, ‘You can't do that there 'ere!’ 1962 W. H. Auden (1963) 406 How suitable, too, for a that-there poet that the room in which his ‘Memoirs’ were burned should now be called the Byron Room. 1974 P. Wright xi. 96 Long before the song ‘You can't do that there here’, Northerners used that there as a euphemism for the sexual act. It is a standard phrase in the north when youngsters of both sexes are ‘educating’ themselves by discussing sex matters. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [phrase] > potentially profitable 1941 C. B. Kelland xiv. 159 She heard him chuckle. ‘Thar's gold in them thar hills.’ 1961 J. L. Austin vi. 129 There is gold in them thar hills. 1965 E. Gundrey xxxiii. 189 There's money in them thar pills—but very little else. 1976 16 Sept. 607/1 There's gold in them there sand-dunes, about 10 million people enjoyed a naturist holiday last year. 3. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adverb] the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > in sight 1535 D. Lindsay 1355 Tak, thair, ane vther [i.e. blow] vpon thy peild harne-pan. 1600 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 116 There is my hand, You shall be as a father to my youth. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 24 And. Now sir, haue I met you again: ther's for you. Seb. Why there's for thee, and there, and there. View more context for this quotation 1728 A. Ramsay ii There's my thumb I'll ne'er beguile thee. 1741 S. Richardson IV. lvii. 375 There's for you, dear Sir! See what a Mother can do, if she pleases! 1890 ‘L. Falconer’ v There was that lazy Mr. Lethbridge lounging in the doorway. 1912 at There Mod. There is the dinner-bell; make haste. See, there comes the train. Hark! there goes the bugle. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 163 It grandame will Giue yt a plum, a cherry, and a figge, There's a good grandame. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. ii. 185 Why there's a wench: Come on, and kisse mee Kate. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson II. 224 There's a Word for a Lady's Mouth! 1780 No. 97. ⁋26 ‘Quantity of syllables’, exclaimed the Captain, ‘there is modern education for you!’ 1825 T. Hook 2nd Ser. I. 191 Tom,..go and fetch the wine for your sister, there's a dear love. 1870 C. Dickens ii. 6 Don't moddley-coddley, there's a good fellow. 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ vi. 123 There's glory for you! 1912 at There Mod. There's a fine horse! all skin and bones. 1939 R. Llewellyn ii. 23 ‘Go on, boy,’ Cedric whispered, ‘there is soft you are to eat old cake.’ 1951 E. Coxhead v. 113 There's tantalising! Plenty of company and no time for a word. 1968 A. Laski vi. 68 There's sad, about Japhet; that was a good man. 1971 ‘H. Calvin’ ix. 123 There's selfish you are, I had him saved up for myself. 4. Used unemphatically to introduce a sentence or clause in which, for the sake of emphasis or preparing the hearer, the verb comes before its subject, as there comes a time when, etc., there was heard a rumbling noise. In interrogative sentences there comes between the verb and subject, as Breathes there the man, etc.?, or follows the first word of a compound verb, as Does there breathe a man?, Shall there be any notice taken of it? The same order was formerly observed after an introductory adverb or clause, as Then came there a voice, Soon shall there arise a prophet. Grammatically, there is no difference between There comes the train! and There comes a time when, etc.; but, while in the former there is demonstrative and stressed, in the latter it has been reduced to a mere anticipative element occupying the place of the subject which comes later. Preceding or following a main verb, or following any verb, there, thus used, is stressless (proclitic or enclitic: e.g. there-ˈcame, ˈbreathes-there, ˈis-there, ˈwill-there), but preceding be or an auxiliary, there has a slight stress, and the verb is enclitic (e.g. ˈthere-is, ˈthere-was, ˈthere-will).c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius iii. §1 Þa com þær gan in to me heofencund Wisdom. c1000 (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 25 Þa com þær ren and mycele flod and þær bleowun windas. c1320 736 In þulke derworþe feire tour Þer stont a trone wiþ muche honour. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 3863 And ðer ros wreððe and strif a-non A-gen moysen and aaron. c1386 G. Chaucer ⁋537 Ne neuere cam ther a vileynous word out of his mouþ. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 19867 Als petre þan bigan til hon [Fairf., Gött. hone] þar com anoþer voice alson. 1470–85 T. Malory i. xxiii. 70 Ther maye no knyght ryde this wey but yf he Iuste with the. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 29 For to sle a man..ther behoueth but one stroke well sette. ?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau sig. K viij b There died an infinite number of people. 1590 E. Spenser ii. ix. sig. X3v There chaunced to the Princes hand to rize, An auncient booke. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus 47 In these Cottian Alpes..there peaketh up a mightie high mount. 1611 Num. xxiv. 17 There shall come a starre out of Iacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel. View more context for this quotation 1761–2 D. Hume (1806) V. lxx. 247 There want not sufficient materials on which to form a true judgment. 1805 W. Scott vi. i. 161 Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never [etc.]? 1814 Ld. Byron (ed. 7) ii. lxxxii. 110 Lurk there no hearts that throb with secret pain? 1857 H. T. Buckle I. vii. 399 From all these things there resulted consequences of vast importance. 13.. (Halliw.) 306 Withoute these..Ther may no kyng lede gret lordship. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 223 Whan it was ones i-tend..þere couþe no man it aquenche wiþ no craft. 14.. T. Hoccleve 54 Ther may no martirdom me make smerte. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Acts 43 b Peter, knowing..that there woulde some Iewes reproue this his doing. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) cxi. 385 There coude not be founde a more goodlyer man. 1584 R. Scot x. vii. 183 Whilest the treasure is a digging, there must be read the psalmes [etc.]. 1691 T. Hale 99 There's nothing said herein. 1877 J. Ruskin i. §4 There were no plenipotentiaries sent to the East, and back again. 1912 at There Mod. Here, there were found various relics of Franklin's expedition. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > one cannot say [phrase] c893 tr. Orosius i. i. §22 Þær is mid Estum an mægð. 1297 (Rolls) 7551 Þer nas prince in al þe world of so noble fame. 13.. (Halliw.) 275 Ther wes a kyng of myche myȝht. c1330 R. Mannyng (Rolls) 5467 Waster [was there] non þat wolde hym feyne. c1380 J. Wyclif (1880) 147 As þouȝ þer were no lif but only in þis wrecchid world. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 20123 Ne was tar noiþer seke ne fere. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 17787 Vp-resin he es, dute es þair nan. a1415 J. Lydgate 179 And some þer were..That pleined sore. 1485 W. Caxton in Pref. sig. ijv Dyuers men holde oppynyon, that there was no suche Arthur. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 1 Jnto the quhilk buke thare salbe foure partis. 1531 in J. Bulloch (1887) 59 Considering thair has bene and is dalie besynes and ado with the pynouris. 1608 W. Shakespeare vii. 459 For many miles about ther's not a bush. View more context for this quotation a1706 J. Evelyn (1850) I. i. 79 Epicurus and his scholars of old..make this an argument of there being no God. 1782 W. Cowper 2 My right there is none to dispute. 1823 F. Clissold 22 There being no moon. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clare in (new ed.) II. 197 I will know If there be any faith in man. ?a1366 1239 Ther is no cloth sitteth bet On damiselle, than doth roket. 1470–85 T. Malory xiii. iii. 616 There was no knyȝt knewe from whens he came. 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. v. 525 There are two gentlemen Haue in this robbery lost 300. markes. View more context for this quotation 1806 W. Wordsworth But how he will come, and whither he goes, There's never a scholar in England knows. 1912 at There Mod. colloq. There's a man at the door wants to see you. 14.. Why I can't be a Nun 244 in (1862) 144 There weren that dyd not so. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara (1537) sig. Kkiv There were that saied, that this ambassadour should be chastised. c1540 (?a1400) 12860 There come out of castels & of cloise townes..þat hom bale wroght. 1560 Prov. xi. 24 There is that scatereth, and is more increased. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa 101 b There are of them whiche accompte it a greate offence to touche monie. 1628 O. Felltham xiii. sig. K2 There are, to whom Death doth seeme no more then a blood-letting. a1706 J. Evelyn (1850) I. i. 9 There have been..who pretend [etc.]. 1736 L. Welsted iv. 41 There are, I know, who have strong prejudices to opinions of this sort. a1849 H. Coleridge (1851) I. 236 Waller called Milton the old blind schoolmaster, and there are who have spoken of Wordsworth as the stamp~master. 1864 R. Browning v There wanted not who walked in the glare and glow. 5. the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time a1400 77 At myn endynge..I pray þe lady helpe me þare. a1450 2388 The kynge Arthur Answerys thore Wordys that were kene and throo. a1450 3480 ‘A! false traytor’ he sayd thore. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. viii. 46 And euen there his eye being big with teares, turning his face, he put his hand behind him. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 19 And there put on him What forgeries you please. View more context for this quotation 1647 T. May i. vii. 76 There we are at this instant. 1706 G. Farquhar i. i. 2 Brother! Hold there Friend, I'm no Kindred to you that I know of, as yet. the mind > language > speech > speech [phrase] > and that's the end of the matter 1598 W. Shakespeare v. iii. 61 If not, honor comes vnlookt for, and theres an end . View more context for this quotation 1615 J. Day 340 As for his Carkasse, a Coffin shall cover it, and there an ende of our great Purchaser. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 65 What I will, I will, and there an end . View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Trapp (Exod. vii. 25) 23 As the dog, who getting out of the water, shakes his ears and there's an end. 1872 J. Ruskin II. xvi. §5 Confirmed by the signature of any person whom the Queen might appoint.., and there an end. 6. the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > then or in that case c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius xvi. §2 Hu ne is se anweald þon þær nauht? 1362 W. Langland A. ix. 32 Þer [B. viii. 37 þanne] weore þe Monnes lyf I-lost þorw lachesse of him~selue. the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > there or in that respect or circumstance c1386 G. Chaucer 259 In loue dayes ther koude he muchel helpe, For there he was nat lyk a Cloystrer. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay ii. xx. 57 b If the moneye ordayned for the poore is not there bestowed. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 136 Lady Iuliet liues,..There art thou happy. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 67 I there's the rub. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare xx. 140 O ho, are you there with me. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher iii. ii. 408 There was the waight that pull'd me downe. View more context for this quotation 1855 R. Browning 85 You would be all, I would be merely much; you beat me there. 1884 H. James in Dec. 248/2 It was beastly awkward certainly; there I could quite agree with him. 1896 17 June 5/4 There is where the Japanese differ from us. a1596 (1911) i. i. 176 Wil. My maisters..lets..sweare true secrecie vppon our liues. Geo. There spake an angell. Come, let vs along, then. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 84 There spake my brother: there my fathers graue Did vtter forth a voice. View more context for this quotation 1829 25 558 There you have hit the nail on the head, James. 1912 at There Mod. colloq. You have me there! I cannot tell you. the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)] > by specific utterance 1535 Psalms xxxiv. [xxxv.] 21 They gape vpon me with their mouthes, sayenge: there, there [1611 Aha, aha!]: we se it with oure eyes. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 78 Why there, there, there, there, a diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare v. v. 43 Aiax. Troylus, thou coward Troylus. Dio. I there, there? View more context for this quotation 1788 J. O'Keeffe i. vi There, sir, the bed's ready. 1798 J. Austen 24 Dec. (1995) 28 There!—I may now finish my letter, & go & hang myself. 1823 W. Scott III. iv. 96 ‘There now,’ said Touchwood, ‘there was a rencontre between them—the very thing I wanted to know.’ 1840 T. C. Haliburton 3rd Ser. xx. 284 It's no such thing, says mother, quite snappishly; Sam is only twenty-one last Thanksgiving-day, and he was born just nine months and one day arter we was married, so there now. 1856 J. W. Carlyle (1883) II. 295 There! I have put my foot in it! 1872 514/1 ‘There, there’, my poor father answered, ‘it is not that’. 1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in (1966) 101 There now, if I haven't entirely forgotten to say anything about the boys. 1876 R. L. Stevenson (1901) I. iii. 115 There, that's your prophecy did that! 1878 R. Browning 49 There, the dread descent is over. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ ix. 60 And, indeed—but there, what's the good of talking about it. 1893 W. S. Burrell & E. E. Cuthell 210 But there! I was not going to tell you how you felt. 1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ 55 My life's my own to do what I like with, and I'm going to 'em now; so there! 1903 28 Oct. 7/1 She showered blows upon the lad's head and shoulders, with the words,..‘There now, how do you like it?’ 1924 R. Macaulay xxi. 280 I suppose you think I'm in love with you. Well, I'm not, so there. 1938 D. Runyon viii. 159 He..starts whispering, ‘There, there, there, my itty oddleums.’ 1948 ‘J. Tey’ iv. 39 Only one thing your Aunt Lin makes better than me..hot cross buns, and that's only once a year. So there! 1968 J. Sangster xv. 180 I was sobbing my heart out on his chest and he was there there-ing me all over the place. 1969 15 May 698/1 But Gwen was going to marry her lecherous tutor, so there. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ xii. 240 There, There, sir. 1977 C. Dexter 254 Joyce took the baby..and lovingly there-thered his raucous cries. ** Expressing motion to a place. the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards that place or direction the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > towards that place society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adverb] > to that place and back again a900 anno 894 Wæs Hæsten þa þær cumen mid his herge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 14910 Alle ut wenden þa þer [c1300 Otho þider] icumen weoren. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 1780 Quen þai cam þar [Vesp. þare, Trin. Cambr. þere] was þar na bote. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9929 Waried wiȝt comeþ þere neuer. c1440 122 Þis clerk denyed hym & sayd he come nott þer. 1593 W. Shakespeare sig. F And will not let a false sound enter there . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 104 And the rarest that ere came there . View more context for this quotation 1663 B. Gerbier 41 Strangers that come there. 1772 in S. Rosenfeld (1978) v. 78 Pd Mr. Richards..at 2 Guineas pr Day & expenses there & Back £62.5.0. 1803 G. Colman iii. ii. 42 Aye, he might have been there and back, over and over again; but my husband's slow enough in his motions. 1830 M. Edgeworth 18 Oct. (1971) 419 This ‘Trip to the Viaduct’..five shillings apiece there and back. 1858 J. H. Newman Mission Benedictine Order in 211 When St. Hubert was brought there. 1871 Mrs. H. Wood xxviii We shall go only there and back, grandpapa. 1907 7 June 12/1 The ‘there-and-back’ distance between ‘Auld Reekie’ and Inverness is but eight miles less. a1912 Going to the meeting?—I am on my way there. 1937 E. Partridge 874/2 There and back, a c.p. reply to an impertinent or unwelcome inquiry ‘where are you going (to)?’: late C. 19–20. 1977 No. 60. 191 ‘Where are we going?’ ‘Oh, there and back,’ said the cabbie, giggling. II. As a relative or conjunctive adverb. †9. In, on, at, or into which place; = where adv. and conj.the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > at the place which a800 an. 755 On þære byrig..þær se cyning ofslægen læg. c950 Matt. vi. 20 Strionas..iuh striona in heofnum, ðer [Rushw. þær] ne hrust ne ec mohðe gespilles. c1000 (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. 20 Ic lærde..on temple þar [Hatt. þær] ealle iudeas togædere comon. c1175 91 Bi þere stret þere petrus forð-eoðe. a1272 Luue Ron 122 in 97 Hit stont vppon a treowe mote Þar hit neuer truke ne schal. 1297 (Rolls) 7683 In þe tresorie at westmunstre þere it ȝut is. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 2904 Þai sink in þat wele þar neuer man sank þat was o sele. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 367 In to hir owene dirke Regioun Vnder the ground ther Pluto dwelleth Inne. c1440 i. 21 In places there thow wilt have the culture. a1500 Merchant & Son 92 in W. C. Hazlitt (1864) I. 139 The erthe tremelyd there Wyllyam stode. the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > at the place which c1000 Ælfric ii. 21 God..gefilde mid flæsce, þær þær þæt ribb wæs. c1000 Ælfric xiii. 67 Man mot..hine gebiddan, beo þærþær he beo. c1175 85 He..scal þer þer hit is ful, makien hit clene. a1250 295 Loke þat þu ne beo þare þar changling beoþ. a1400 24 Lecherye..mase manes herte to melte, and to playe thare þare his herte lykes. c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius xxxii. §1 He nænne ne mæg gebringan þær he him gehet. c1175 35 Ga to þine feder burinesse oðer þer eni of þine cunne lið in. c1220 10 Ðe leun..Draȝeð dust wið his stert ðer he steppeð. 1303 R. Mannyng 851 And þere men haunted þat custome lest, Falleþ oft tyme grete tempest. c1340 R. Rolle 5 For þare he es he sekes hym noghte. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 2768 Again þaim he ras fra þar [Trin. Cambr. þere] he sate. c1400 2926 Thei sayled alle on a rawe, Til thei were come ther thei were knawe. c1440 J. Capgrave i. 506 Wyth a G set there C shuld stond. c1500 22 Than cometh the clerk..To haue A shef of corne there it groweth. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lxiv. 221 It had been better for hym to haue taryed there he was. 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli vii. 182 Your laughing there you are, is the occasion that I weep not here where I am. the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety [conjunction] > whereas c1200 219 For nu is euerihc man ifo þare he solde fren[d] be. c1380 J. Wyclif (1880) 32 Þei han..welfare of mete and drynk, þere þei myȝtten unneþe before have bene-bred and watir or feble ale. c1380 Antecrist in Todd 134 Þei putten grete penaunce unto men þere Cristis charge is liȝt. 1393 W. Langland C. xvii. 88 For pouerte haþ bote pokes to putten yn hus goodes, Ther auarice haþ almaries and yre-bounden cofres. III. As a n.the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [noun] > there or that place 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza 202 They..kneeled downe right ouer against there whereas the Viceroye sate in a chaire. 1857–8 E. H. Sears 19 [Motion] requires a here and a there. 1888 J. Martineau I. i. i. 68 In the Space-field lie innumerable other theres that never have been here. 1907 16 Mar. 339/2 We..draw, laboriously, a small circle in the dark and say, ‘We are here’, forgetful that there is no ‘here’ nor ‘there’. 1912 at There Mod. We shall stay in Birmingham overnight, and go on from there next day. He left there last night. IV. Phrases. (from branch I.) 12. the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)] a1300 1248 Þou wat þat i was neuer þare. c1400 ccxxv. 295 He wolde be þer him-self in al þe haste þat he myȝt. c1475 (?c1425) (1984) l. 352 Kay callut on Gauan ȝerne, Asshes, ‘Quo is there [perh. read thare; rhymes more, sore, ware]?’ 1600 CLXXVIII. No. 78 (P.R.O.) Whether Sr John davyes were ther or not thys examinate can not tell. 1604 W. Shakespeare i. i. 1 Whose there? View more context for this quotation 1722 A. Ramsay ii. 15 Ha, ha! ye Judas, are ye there? 1818 Lady Morgan in (1859) 49 The Duke of Sussex was there, with Lady Arran,..and the whole family of Gore. 1881 M. E. Herbert 17 The ‘little rift within the lute’ was still there. the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] > be alert the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad 1864 M. Gatty 4th Ser. 3 Hans Jansen was what is commonly called not all there. 1883 J. Payn xx It was his excusable boast..that when anything was wanted he was ‘all there’. 1889 L. B. Walford 325 ‘Was he there after dinner last night?’ ‘Very much there’. 1900 23 Apr. 8/1 But they were of the real Lancashire type, and were, as the phrase goes, ‘all there’. the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > become accustomed > be familiar, conversant, or experienced 1877 Sat. Evening Post in J. R. Ware (1909) 24/1 Some reasons why I left off drinking whiskey, by one who has been there. 1913 A. Bennett i. ii. 46 But I'm not a young girl. If it's a question of the male sex, I may say that I've been there before. 1977 J. Wambaugh (1978) viii. 106 Philo Skinner's been in this racket thirty years. Philo Skinner's been there, baby! the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] > and nobly or splendidly society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adverb] 1944 D. Burley 104 Now, this skull was in there, Jack. 1945 L. Shelly 26 In there, superlative performance. 1955 N. Shapiro & N. Hentoff vii. 101 The Lincoln Gardens, of course, was still in there. 1957 J. Kerouac i. i. 6 It took him just a few months..to become completely in there with all the terms and jargon. 1962 13 Sept. 37 A guy playing a horn has..gotta get in there. 13. the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] 1428 in (1888) 8 And þar þan he was asked. 1496 580 Wheruppon þe seid Laurence was there & then commyt vnto þe Flete. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot 564 Although God do not say before, that there and then he will strike. 1848 E. C. Gaskell II. xxi. 307 Going on the search there and then. 1908 16 July 3/5 Happily..a there-and-then agreement was come to on their behalf. the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > in the vicinity the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts a1696 J. Aubrey (1898) II. 226 (Shakspere) He left 2 or 300li. per annum there and thereabout to a sister. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in 3rd Ser. IV. 102 ‘Speak plainly, will there be five thousand men?’ ‘There and thereabouts,’ answered Dalgetty. 1825 T. Hook 2nd Ser. II. 248 A close, or field, containing eight acres, there or thereabouts. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ (1891) 431 You'll mostly find him there or thereabouts, as long as he's alive. 1890 Bp. Lightfoot in Feb. 91 Forty-six years there or thereabouts had actually elapsed. 1780 No. 97. ⁋32 ‘There she goes, the travelled lady’, cried the Captain; ‘she must always have a fling at her catechism’. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) ii. 13 ‘They're beginning up stairs..fiddles tuning—now the harp—there they go.’ The various sounds..announced the commencement of the first quadrille. 16. 1857 C. Dickens ii. xxv. 536 All the people who had tried to make money and had not been able to do it, said, There you were! 1863 H. E. P. Spofford 133 She couldn't hire him a nurse, and there he was.] 1883 ‘M. Twain’ xlii. 431 The immortelle requires no attention : you just hang it up, and there you are. 1894 A. Conan Doyle 142 ‘There you are!’ said Holmes, smiling. 1907 22 May 3/1 Tables, setting out in a there-you-are! fashion the declining percentage to the total of British imports into certain countries for two contrasted decades. a1912 Can't find the waiter? That's quite easy; just press that button and there you are! Accidents are common in Alpine ascents; one false step, and there you are! 1915 J. Conrad iv. x. 373 ‘There you are!’ Ricardo shrugged his shoulders philosophically. ‘Can't be helped.’ 1926 S. Jameson i. 49 I'm sure that's a revolting sentiment, and revoltingly sentimental, but there you are. 1937 M. Sharp xix. 250 ‘We've no business to talk about him. But there you are,’ said Julia harshly, ‘I'm the sort of woman any one talks to about anything.’ 1953 L. P. Hartley xiv. 173 It's a pity we have to shoot so many of them but there you are. 1857 A. Trollope III. i. 10 There it is. If they haven't the spirit to enjoy it, the fault shan't be mine. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ xxxiii. 290 So there it was!—but I couldn't help it. 1904 H. James I. xviii. 311 ‘It's not, at any rate,’ she went on, ‘my fault. There it is.’ 1932 ‘A. Bridge’ xxiii. 296 He had been hurt hideously, and it made her cry; she was nearly as much surprised as he, but there it was. 1954 R. Macaulay (1962) 196 I feel a little mean about the dear Chapel, but there it is. 1973 C. Sagan xxii. 150 We would not ordinarily consider the flatulence of cattle as a dominant manifestation of life on Earth, but there it is. Compounds C1. there (in branch I) in combination with adverbs and prepositions. For the history of these, see note at here adv. and n.2 Compounds 1 ‘The compounds of there meaning that, and of here meaning this, have been for some time passing out of use, and are no longer found in elegant writings, or in any other than formulary pieces’ (Todd's Johnson 1818, at Therewithall). But see the Main words thereabout adv., thereafter adv., etc. a. With adverbs. Also thereaway adv., etc. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 198 Noone god of al that weryn ther al aboute in al regions. 1639 R. Baillie 28 Sept. (1841) I. 201 The Tables there East thought meet they should not conjoyne, bot divided them in foure. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght f. 366/1 All tho that yeden there without. b. the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in that way c1440 xii. 48 Þus may þer-gatis be mente. c1475 3125 Ther thens to uavuent [Vauvent] A man sent in message, Which full courtois was, inly wise also. the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > from which source or origin c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 72 And than, quhyne cumis this? c. With prepositions: = that, that place, matter. Originally mostly written as two words. See also the main words from thereabout adv. to therewithin adv.c1220 601 He ðe swiken ðer imong. 1899 18 Apr. 2/1 It is a real joy to know that the pilot-fish does hide itself within the capacious throat, or some snug harbourage therebelow, when danger threatens. 1876 W. Morris iii. 194 And lingering flecks of the cloud-host are tangled there-between. 1885 R. Bridges viii. ix. 95 She..sweeping therebetween a passage wide, Made clear of corn and chaff the temple space. C2. the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adverb] > among that or them a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 11988 Mani childer was þar emid. 1901 G. Gissing in 21 Dec. 572/1 Thereamid stood a girl, her eyes fixed upon the prospect of city roofs. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 13002 Þe eotend smat þer-an-ouenan [c1300 Otho ouenan]. 1297 (Rolls) 11614 Bruggen hii breke oueral hii ne beleuede ssip non..þer boute [C. aboute]. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 3625 .vij. moneð ðor-buten he ben. the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > at or on the top > on the top of that c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory viii. 52 Ðærbufan is geteald hwelc he beon sceol. a1300 294 Aboue þe walle stant a treo..lef and blosme beoþ þer buue. the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > near that place OE i Godes grið is ealra griða selest to geearnianne & geornost to healdanne & þær nehst þæs cynges. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (Rolls) VII. 71 Under a treen brugge þat was þere next. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 141 Þar neist [Fairf. 14 þar next] sal be sythen tald How þat ioseph was boght and sald. the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1904) I. l. 6294 The wheche child to hire schal ben browht; But there-offen the peple may weten nowht. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > outside > outside that place a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 3364 And he smot wið his wond ðor-on, And water gan ðor-vten gon. the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [adverb] > upon that c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 8831 Þer-ufenen [c1300 Otho þar-ouenan] he hæfde ane lad-liche here. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 6199 Heo bi-gunnen..ane swiðe deope dich & þer-ouen-on [c1300 Otho þar-vp-on] ouer-al. ænne strongne stanene wal. the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > in advance or beforehand > in advance of > that time or a specific date a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 12479 He..wende þe maistir were of lyue As oþere þer to forn were. Draft additions May 2001 1982 21 Feb. 11 Miss Tewes, who has just divorced, says she doesn't plan to get married at this time. Using an Australian expression, she says, ‘Been there, done that.’ 1984 L. Kallen & C. B. Greenfield i. 11 You don't have to prove anything... You've been there, you've done it, one more credit, what do you care? 1991 (BNC) Feb. Knee Injuries. Rosemary Burns has been there, done that and got the T-shirt. She gives fellow sufferers her sympathy and sound advice. 1995 Feb. 5/1 (advt.) Getting bored watching your 14.4 modem limp along the Internet? How about those endless downloads, especially for images and sound clips? Been there, done that. 2000 11 Sept. 48/3 He liked the idea of..space-based interceptors but couldn't see the purpose of a new treaty that would once again give Russia a veto over our defenses. ‘Been there, done that,’ Cooper says. 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