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adverb

There adv.

In or at that place. "(They) there left me and my man, both bound together." "The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here."

In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech. "The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy."

To or into that place; thither. "The rarest that e'er came there." Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject. "A knight there was, and that a worthy man." "There is a path which no fowl knoweth." "Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced." "There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue." Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc. Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where. "Spend their good there it is reasonable."

Here and there, in one place and another.

Synonyms: See Thither.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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