noun
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That place.
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That status; that position.
example
You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.
adverb
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(location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
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In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
example
He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
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(location) To or into that place; thither.
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Where, there where, in which place.
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In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
pronoun
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Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
example
Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
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Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
example
If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.
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Used with other verbs, when raised.
example
I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
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(in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
example
therefor, thereat, thereunder
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Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
example
Hi there, young fellow.
interjection
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Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
example
There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
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Used to express victory or completion.
example
There! That knot should hold.
Examples of there in a Sentence
There isn't much to tell.
There was shopping and packing to be done before they left on vacation.
There is nothing else that I care about.
There is no play in them, for this comes after work.
There was the usual amount of discussion as to a name for me.
There is no reason any of them have to be.
There were sparks between them from the start.
Actually, she hadn't thought how it looked to others - and there had never been any doubt in her mind that she was fortunate to have Alex.
If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit?
There is actually no place in this village for a work of fine art, if any had come down to us, to stand, for our lives, our houses and streets, furnish no proper pedestal for it.
At first the piglet stuck in the neck of the vase and I thought I should get him, after all, but he wriggled himself through and fell down into the deep bottom part--and I suppose he's there yet.
I am now going to the war, the greatest war there ever was, and I know nothing and am fit for nothing.
But if you could trust him this way and there was no electricity, would it still be love?
Sometimes there is great danger.
He must stand there until he sees some one else whisper.
There is no time to play.
The sun had been under a cloud all day, and there had been brief showers; but suddenly the sun broke forth in all its southern splendour.
The meat was smoking hot and the knives and forks were performing strange antics and jumping here and there in quite a puzzling way.
There were no balls of fire to be seen now.
Daniel and his father would ride there on horseback.
Every day there is much work to be done.
Self-emancipation even in the West Indian provinces of the fancy and imagination--what Wilberforce is there to bring that about?
In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness.
Suddenly there was a great wind.
They began to wonder if there were no people to inhabit this magnificent city of the inner world.
Is there any way down?
We'll be safe there.
There are no real horses here at all.
There he cared for them with love and kindness; but no word did he speak in their hearing.
There were not many stores.
There was no way to defend her moral objections without seeding doubt in his mind.
Ah! there was the wolf!
There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.
There was no denying that Brandon was a private person - or that he had confided in her more than Rachel or Julia.
There you two are.
There was no sound to be heard anywhere throughout the country.
There must be several times that by now.
There was no reason to feel threatened.
I mean, there are so many trails.
There was a brief pause.
There would be no moon tonight.
He had no pencil, but there was a piece of black charcoal on the hearth.
Several weeks afterward, there came a visitor to the home of the Wests.
There was a pleasant reception area.
Is there nothing that is decent to eat in this palace?
Two other baby birds were there, that had not fallen out.
Once upon a time there was a famous Arab whose name was Al Mansur.
It was only a pet calf that had come there to browse among the bushes.
They belong to the rich man who lives in the big white house there among the trees.
There is in Moscow a lady, une dame, and she is very stingy.