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adverb, interjection, pronoun UK /ðeə(r)/ There can be used in the following ways: as a pronoun (to introduce the subject of the sentence): There’s a spider in the bath. as an adverb: Wait there until I get back. as an interjection: There, that didn’t hurt so much, did it? 1 strongUK /ðeə(r)/weakUK /ðə(r)/used for introducing a statement about someone that exists or something that happensthere is/are: There isn’t much time left. There are 24 teams competing in the tournament. is/are there?: Are there any other suggestions? there may be/there should be/there seems to be etc: There seems to be a lot of confusion. there lives/follows/comes etc: Long ago there lived a beautiful princess. There comes a time in everyone’s life when a big decision has to be taken. 2a in or to a place that has already been mentionedThey’re going to Hawaii, and they plan to stay there until the end of March. The children loved Disneyland – they want to go there again. near/around/from etc there: He lives in Banbury, or somewhere around there. there and back (=going to a place and returning): It’s only a hundred miles to Oxford. You could drive there and back in a day. right there (=immediately in that place): She wanted him to kiss her right there on the beach. Synonyms and related words
Function words referring to location 2b in or to a place that you are looking at or pointing to‘Look there!’ he said, pointing to a figure dressed in white. There’s Angela now, coming up the drive. over there: Would you like to sit over there by the window? in/out/up/under etc there: I won’t be able to reach things if you put them up there. right there (=exactly in that place): The information you want is right there in front of you. Synonyms and related words
Function words referring to location
3 at a particular point in a series of events, in a speech, or in a storyI’ll stop there, and answer questions if anyone has anything they want to ask. The Rover car company was forced to cut prices, but its problems didn’t end there. 4 spokenused in a conversation when referring to a particular thing that someone else has said‘I don’t approve of gambling.’ ‘Well, I agree with you there.’ Yes, Patrick’s a nice man – you’re right there. you’ve got me there (=I don’t know the answer): ‘How do birds find their way across the sea?’ ‘Well now, you’ve got me there.’ 5 used for saying that something is available to be usedIf the opportunity is there, we will take it. The money is there for local government to spend on public services. Synonyms and related words
Available and to be, or to become available 6 spokenused for expressing satisfaction, sympathy etc about something that you have just done or that has just happenedThere, I’ve done my duty as a good host. there now: There now – does that feel better? there (you are) (=used when something has proved you were right): There, I told you she wouldn’t mind. Synonyms and related words
Ways of expressing sympathy bad/hard/tough luck (oh,) what a shame too bad 7 spokenused when asking to speak to someone on the telephoneHello, Peter, is your mother there? Synonyms and related words
be/get there be there (for someone) hello there/you there etc so there there and then there goes something there I was/we were there it is/there you are/there you go there’s a good boy/clever girl etc there someone goes again there’s...for you there, there there you are/go
there
adverb, interjection, pronoun US /ðer/ There can be used in the following ways: as a pronoun (to introduce the subject of the sentence): There’s a spider in the bath. as an adverb: Wait there until I get back. as an interjection: There, that didn’t hurt so much, did it? 1 strongUS /ðer/weakUS /ðər/used for introducing a statement about someone that exists or something that happensthere is/are: There isn’t much time left. There are 24 teams competing in the tournament. is/are there?: Are there any other suggestions? there may be/there should be/there seems to be etc.: There seems to be a lot of confusion. there lives/follows/comes etc.: Long ago there lived a beautiful princess. There comes a time in everyone’s life when a big decision has to be made. 2a in or to a place that has already been mentionedThey’re going to Hawaii, and they plan to stay there until the end of March. The children loved Disneyland – they want to go there again. near/around/from etc. there: He lives in Modesto, or somewhere around there. there and back (=going to a place and returning): It’s only a hundred miles to Westport. You could drive there and back in a day. right there (=immediately in that place): She wanted him to kiss her right there on the beach. Synonyms and related words
Function words referring to location 2b in or to a place that you are looking at or pointing to“Look there!” he said, pointing to a figure dressed in white. There’s Angela now, coming up the street. over there: Would you like to sit over there by the window? in/out/up/under etc. there: I won’t be able to reach things if you put them up there. right there (=exactly in that place): The information you want is right there in front of you. Synonyms and related words
Function words referring to location
3 at a particular point in a series of events, in a speech, or in a storyThe car company was forced to cut prices, but its problems didn’t end there. I’ll stop there, and answer questions if anyone has anything they want to ask. 4 spokenused in a conversation when referring to a particular thing that someone else has said“I don’t approve of gambling.” “Well, I agree with you there.” Yes, Patrick’s a very nice man – you’re right there. you have got me there (=I don’t know the answer): “How do birds find their way across the ocean?” “Well now, you have got me there.” 5 used for saying that something is available to be usedIf the opportunity is there, we will take it. The money is there for the city to spend on public services. Synonyms and related words
Available and to be, or to become available 6 spokenused for expressing satisfaction, sympathy, etc. about something that you have just done or that has just happenedThere, I’ve done my duty as a good host. there now: There now – does that feel better? there (you are) (=used when something has proved you were right): There, I told you she wouldn’t mind. Synonyms and related words
Ways of expressing sympathy I know (oh,) what a shame too bad 7 spokenused when asking to speak to someone on the telephoneHello, Peter, is your mother there? Synonyms and related words
be/get there be there (for someone) hello there/you there etc. so there there and then there goes something there I was/we were there it is/there you are/there you go there’s...for you there someone goes again there, there there you are/go
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