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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024here /hɪr/USA pronunciation adv. - in or at this place:Put the pen here.
- to or toward this place:Come here.
- at this point in an action, speech, etc.:Here the speaker paused.
- in this instance or case;
under consideration:The matter here is of grave concern. - The word here is used as the first word in a sentence to call attention to some person or thing, or to what the speaker has, offers, or discovers. The verb of a sentence like this usually does not take an object, or else it is the verb be. The subject of the verb is never the word here;
the subject either comes after the verb, or, if it is a pronoun, it comes before the verb. It is the subject that decides which form of the verb, singular or plural, should be used: [~ + verb + subject]Here comes the bride. Here is your paycheck. Here come the boys. Here are the tickets.[~ + pronoun subject + verb]Here she is! Here they are. - The word here is used to mean "present,'' as when the speaker is answering a roll call:Please say "here'' when your name is called.
n. [uncountable] - this place or point:The next town is a long way from here.
adj. - The word here is sometimes used for emphasis with a noun that has the word this or these before it. The word here may come after the noun (a usage considered standard), as in:this package here,or before the noun (a usage considered nonstandard):this here package.
interj. - The word here is used to command attention, give comfort, etc.:Here, here, now, don't cry.
Idioms- Idioms here and now, without delay;
immediately:I want to know here and now what your plans are. - Idioms here and there, in or to this place and that;
in or to various places;
scattered about:We looked here and there for her. - Idioms here goes, [no obj] This phrase is used to express the speaker's determination when beginning a bold or unpleasant action:walked to the edge, said "Here goes,'' and jumped.
- Idioms here's to, [ ~ + obj] This phrase is used in offering a toast to someone or something:Here's to the New Year.
- Idioms neither here nor there, unimportant:Personal wants are neither here nor there in a national emergency.
- Idioms the here and now, the immediate present:It's the here and now, not the future, we're worried about.
-here-, root. - -here- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "cling, stick tight.'' It is related to -hes-. This meaning is found in such words as: adhere, adherent, cohere, coherence, coherent, incoherence, incoherent. See -hes-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024here (hēr),USA pronunciation adv. - in this place;
in this spot or locality (opposed to there):Put the pen here. - to or toward this place;
hither:Come here. - at this point;
at this juncture:Here the speaker paused. - (used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers):Here is your paycheck. My friend here knows the circumstances.
- present (used to answer a roll call).
- in the present life or existence (often fol. by below):We want but little here below.
- under consideration, in this instance or case:The matter here is of grave concern to us all.
- Idioms here and now, at the present moment;
without delay;
immediately:We must tend to the matter here and now. - Idioms here and there:
- in this place and in that;
at various times or places:He worked here and there, never for long in one town. - hither and thither:We drove here and there in the darkness, hoping to find the right roads.
- Idioms here goes, (used to express resolution in beginning a bold or unpleasant action):You've dared me to dive from the highest board, so here goes!
- Idioms here's to, hail to;
salutations to:Here's to a long and happy life! Here's to you! - Idioms neither here nor there, without relevance or importance;
immaterial:The fact that her family has no money is neither here nor there.
n. - this place:It's only a short distance from here.
- this world;
this life;
the present:The here and the hereafter are equal mysteries to all people. - Idioms here and now, the immediate present (usually prec. by the):You can't live only in the here and now.
- Idioms up to here with:
- having a surfeit of:I'm up to here with work.
- at a high point of annoyance with:Everyone is up to here with his constant complaining.
adj. - (used for emphasis, esp. after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective):this package here.
interj. - (often used to command attention, give comfort, etc.) now;
all right:Here, let me try it. Here, don't cry.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hēr; cognate with German hier, Old Norse, Gothic hēr
- MythologyHera.
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