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here /hɪə /adverb1In, at, or to this place or position: they have lived here most of their lives we leave here today [after preposition]: I’m getting out of here...- I notice you have a little bit of a close community going on here where you live.
- At the moment, there are some other women living here who are near her age to keep her company.
- Beveridge once lived near here, where he would have seen all the ills he listed.
Synonyms at/in this place, at/in this spot, at/in this location to this place, to this spot, to this location, to here, over here, near, nearer, close, closer literary hither 1.1Used when gesturing to indicate the place intended: sign here...- Go here to sign up for day by day emails that will give you ways to feel better about the world.
- I have here an exam from the Basic 1401 Programming course.
- I have here a very old letter, written to a Mrs. Bixby in Boston.
1.2Used to draw attention to someone or something that has just arrived: here’s my brother...- Close on the heels of the costliest ad ever made in India here comes an encore from the Siyaram stable.
- Finally, here comes a film that is a joy, sheer joy, from the first frame, almost to the last.
- This was no longer the myth of ‘here comes the person to rob the bank’.
1.3 [with infinitive] Used to indicate one’s role in a particular situation: I’m here to help you...- I'm here to win a championship, and it's a great plus to be with coach Mike Martz.
- I know why you're here. You're here to revel in rock bottom for the Notre Dame football team.
- Im from the Government. Im here to help.
1.4Used to refer to existence in the world in general: what are we all doing here?...- An infinitely happy life is not a life without difficulties here in our finite existence.
- What is life really about? Why are we here? How did life begin? Was it really random? Or was there a purpose behind it?
- You cannot answer that question simply by asking why does God allow sin, without asking why are we here - what is our mission in life, why did God put us here in the first place.
2 (usually here is/are) Used when introducing something or someone: here’s a dish that is quick to make...- There is a strong possibility that you may have heard this story before but here is how it goes anyway.
- Our thanks to Ernie Evans for this story and here is a picture of his grandfather with a new Skippy!
- To make a long story short, here is the history of the royalty payments on that song.
2.1Used when giving something to someone: here’s the money I promised you...- Here is the money I saved. Please hand it to the American sailors injured.
- And here is your lanyard, I replied, which I made with a little help from a counselor.
- Here's some furniture for you - just needs some lovin'.
3Used when indicating a time, point, or situation that has arrived or is happening: here is your opportunity here we encounter the main problem...- It looks like this is becoming a real trend and it finally feels like summer is here.
- But when I read things like this, it becomes clear that the time when that can happen is not yet here.
- Summer days are here again, and the winter woollies have finally been put in mothballs.
Synonyms now, at this moment, at this point, at this point in time, at this time, at this juncture, at this stage exclamation1Used to attract someone’s attention: here, let me hold it...- Here, hold this in your hand, right here, young fella, just like this.
- Here, have a piece of my heart.
- Here, have some laundry detergent!
2Indicating one’s presence in a roll-call.Then his face got all twisted up, and before he even uttered another word, I shouted here, and went to get my paper....- My count is now at 60 (counting the women who said ‘here’ and the women who've posted a new message since then).
- The teacher would call out your name and you would then respond by saying, ‘Here.’
Phraseshere and now here and there here goes here's to someone/thing here today, gone tomorrow here we are here we go again neither here nor there OriginOld English hēr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German hier, also to he. Rhymesadhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre |