Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

there

/ðə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.31 in modern English

Syllables: there
IPA: /ðə(ɹ)/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

Informal

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

Informal

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

adv

In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

Informal

Example Sentences

"I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there."
"I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!"
"The air there is beneficial to health."
"I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970."
"The view up here is better than the view down there!"
"There's that book I've been looking for!"

Etymology

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: there, þēr, *þār, *þar, *tór

Usage

Inflected Forms

dar (alternative) der (alternative) dere (alternative) thur (alternative) thar (alternative) dey (alternative) thare (alternative) theres (plural)

Derived Forms

thereatop thereaway therebehind theredown therefrom thereinto thereness therenigh theretoward thereunto thereup therewhile

Phrases

all there are we there yet as if there is no tomorrow as if there was no tomorrow as if there were no tomorrow behind every great man there stands a woman behind every successful man there stands a woman be there

Synonyms

over there away there yonder thither

Homonyms

their they're

Rhymes With

their where care they're air share hair fair wear square aware rare

Questions

How do you pronounce there?: The recorded pronunciation is /ðə(ɹ)/.
What does there mean?: In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).
Where does there come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce there

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