Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there's

/ðeːz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.54 in modern English

Syllables: there's
IPA: /ðeːz/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

contraction

Contraction of there is.

contraction

Contraction of there are.

contraction

Contraction of there + has.

contraction

Contraction of there + was.

contraction

Contraction of there + does.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"There's no arguing with him... or with her for that matter."
"There’s some chairs in the garage, aren’t there?"
"Imagine there’s no countries."
"There's only two types of people in this world: the conformist API consumer and the renegade web scraper."
"There’s been an accident!"
"Yesterday, there's an accident."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ðeːz/

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

dere's (alternative) der's (alternative) dar's (alternative)

Homonyms

theirs

Rhymes With

affairs shares tears cares bears stairs prayers pairs where's wears repairs chairs

Questions

How do you pronounce there's?: The recorded pronunciation is /ðeːz/.
What does there's mean?: Contraction of there is.

How to pronounce there's

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