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Here

//hɪə̯// adj, adv, intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Alive not-comparable
"I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!"

Adjective

1
being here now wordnet

Adverb

1
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. not-comparable
"You wait here while I fetch my coat."
2
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.; At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.) abstract, not-comparable
"I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here."
3
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.; In this matter. abstract, not-comparable
"You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you."
4
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.; Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now. not-comparable
"Flu season is here."
5
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.; In this context. abstract, not-comparable
"Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve."

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In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.; After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person. informal, not-comparable
"Jim here has been with the company for twenty years."
7
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.; After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here. dialectal, informal, not-comparable
"This here orange is too sour."
8
To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither. not-comparable
"Please come here."

Adverb

1
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is wordnet
2
to this place (especially toward the speaker) wordnet
3
in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail wordnet
4
at this time; now wordnet

Intj

1
Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener. slang
"Here, now I'm giving it to you."
2
Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want. British, Ireland, slang
"Here, I'm tired and I want a drink."
3
Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way. informal
"Here! You! Stop doing that!"
4
Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
"Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?"
5
Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
""Fido! Here!" — "Woof Woof!""

Noun

1
This place; this location. uncountable, usually
"Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago."
2
the present location; this place; location, proximal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, proximal wordnet
3
This place; this location.; This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location. figuratively, uncountable, usually
"I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop."
4
This time, the present situation. abstract, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).

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