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here
1[ heer ]
adverb
- in this place; in this spot or locality ( there ):
Put the pen here.
- to or toward this place; hither:
Come here.
- at this point; at this juncture:
Here the speaker paused.
- (used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers):
Here is your paycheck.
My friend here knows the circumstances.
- present (used to answer a roll call).
- in the present life or existence (often followed by below ):
We want but little here below.
- under consideration, in this instance or case:
The matter here is of grave concern to us all.
noun
- this place:
It's only a short distance from here.
- this world; this life; the present:
The here and the hereafter are equal mysteries to all people.
adjective
- (used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective):
this package here.
interjection
- (often used to command attention, give comfort, etc.) now; all right:
Here, let me try it.
Here, don't cry.
Here
2[ heer-ee ]
noun
- Hera.
Here
1/ ˈɪə /
interjection
- an exclamation of surprise or dismay
here
2/ ɪə /
adverb
- in, at, or to this place, point, case, or respect
here, the policemen do not usually carry guns
here comes Roy
we come here every summer
- here and thereat several places in or throughout an area
- here goesan exclamation indicating that the speaker is about to perform an action
- here's toa formula used in proposing a toast to someone or something
- here today, gone tomorrowshort-lived; transitory
- here we go againan event or process is about to repeat itself
- neither here nor thereof no relevance or importance
- this hereSee this
noun
- this place
they leave here tonight
- here and now or the here and nowthe present time
Usage Note
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Origin of here1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of here1
Origin of here2
Idioms and Phrases
- here and now,
- at the present moment; without delay; immediately:
We must tend to the matter here and now.
- Usually the here and now. the immediate present:
You can't live only in the here and now.
- here and there,
- in this place and in that; at various times or places:
He worked here and there, never for long in one town.
- hither and thither:
We drove here and there in the darkness, hoping to find the right roads.
- here goes, (used to express resolution in beginning a bold or unpleasant action):
You've dared me to dive from the highest board, so here goes!
- here's to, hail to; salutations to:
Here's to a long and happy life!
Here's to you!
- neither here nor there, without relevance or importance; immaterial:
The fact that her family has no money is neither here nor there.
- up to here with,
- having a surfeit of:
I'm up to here with work.
- at a high point of annoyance with:
Everyone is up to here with his constant complaining.
More idioms and phrases containing here
- buck stops here
- downhill all the way (from here)
- have had it (up to here)
- neither here nor there
- same here
- where do we go from here
Example Sentences
“North America could wind up in a good position here,” O’Rourke said.
“I’m not here to say, ‘I told you so,’” she said, smiling broadly, and the crowd roared.
“This case has been closed here at the White House, as far as we are concerned,” Leavitt said on Monday.
“But what you’re going to see is the most modern factories of the world come back here.”
“That’s special, obviously in our memory and what he meant to the league, to the world of basketball, to our organization when he worked here,” Curry said of West, who died in June.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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