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From Middle English here < Old English hēr (“‘in this place’”) < Proto-Germanic *khi- < Proto-Indo-European *ki- (“‘this’”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with the English pronoun he.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /hɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /hI@(r\)/
- (US) IPA: /hɪɹ/, SAMPA: /hIr/
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- Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
- Homophones: hear
Noun
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Singular here |
Plural uncountable |
here (uncountable)
- (abstract) This place; this location.
- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
- (abstract) This time, the present situation.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
Quotations
- 1922, Francis Herbert Bradley, The Principles of Logic, page 52:
- For time and extension seem continuous elements; the here is one space with the other heres round it
- 2001, Kauhiko Yatabe, edited by Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe, and America, page 28:
- More than ever, the here is porous.
- 2004, Denis Wood, Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land, page 20:
- We can't see it because it is an aspect of our seeing, it is a function of our gaze: the field of the here is established in — and by — our presence.
Adverb
here (not comparable)
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Positive here |
Superlative none (absolute) |
Derived terms
- hereabout
- hereafter
- hereaway
- hereby
- herein
- hereninabove
- hereinafter
- hereinbefore
- hereinbelow
- hereof
- hereon
- hereto
- heretofore
- hereunder
- hereunto
- hereupon
- herewith
Translations
in, on, or at this place
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Adjective
here (comparative more here, superlative most here)
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Positive here |
Comparative more here |
Superlative most here |
- filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis
- filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis
Interjection
here
- (British, slang) used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
- Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
See also
- hence
- here-
- hereabouts
- hither
- there
Breton
Noun
here
- The month October
Dutch
Noun
here m.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /'hɛrɛ/
- Hyphenation: he‧re
Noun
here (plural herék)
- A testicle
- A drone
Declension
declension of here
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possessives of here
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Derived terms
- herél
- herélt
- lóhere
Latin
Adverb
here (not comparable)
- Alternative form of herī.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harjo-z, from Proto-Indo-European *korio-. Cognate with Old Saxon heri (Dutch heer), Old High German heri (German Heer), Old Norse herr (Swedish här, Danish hær), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis); the Indo-European root also gave Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koiranos), Middle Irish cuire, Baltic *kara- (Lithuanian kãras).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhere/
Noun
here m.
- An army (especially of the enemy)
- Sio fierd ðone here gefliemde. The English force put the [Danish] army to flight. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
Derived terms
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
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| nominative | here | her(i)ġas |
| accusative | her(i)ġe | her(i)ġas |
| genitive | her(i)ġes | her(i)ġa |
| dative | her(i)ġe | her(i)gum |
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Financial Times, UK
The Empire Stops Here is an account of that journey, of the Roman remains he visited and the history they evoked. Inevitably much of this is the story of battles, massacres and the borders of Roman influence, shifting according to the success of the ...
aproductguy
2009-06-17 04:07:22
As I sit . here. , in my last 9 hours of quarantine, it's got me thinking a lot about how different things would be had I been quarantined five years ago instead of today. Keep in mind, five years is not a very long time. ...

