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See also: Here, hère, and herë

English

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Adverb

here (not comparable)

  1. (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
    Synonym: (emphatic) right here
    You wait here while I fetch my coat.
    Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.
    It says here that he died in 1970.
    The air here is foul.
    The view up here is better than the view down there!
    Here is the report that you asked for. (inverted use)
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto VII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC:
      Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
    • 2008, Omar Khadr, Affidavit of Omar Ahmed Khadr:
      The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Oh, yes. I am here! Good. You are there.
    1. (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
      I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
      Here endeth the lesson.
    2. (abstract) In this matter.
      You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
    3. (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
      Flu season is here.
      Christmas will soon be here.
    4. (abstract) In this context.
      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.
    5. (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
      Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
    6. (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
      This here orange is too sour.
      Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.
  2. (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
    Please come here.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: ia

Translations

Adjective

here (not comparable)

  1. Alive
    I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!

Noun

here (usually uncountable, plural heres)

  1. This place; this location.
    Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
    An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
    • 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, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, editors, 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.
    1. (figuratively) This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
      I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
      I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (abstract) This time, the present situation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Interjection

here

  1. (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
    Here, now I'm giving it to you.
  2. (Ireland, 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.
  3. (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
    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!"

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Afrikaans

Noun

here

  1. plural of heer

Albanian

Noun

here

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of herë

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

here m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

  1. obsolete form of heer (lord)
    De here van Papendrecht eet gaarne deze spijze.The lord of Papendrecht gladly eats this meal.
  2. (archaic) inflected form of heer (lord)
    Deze spijze is voor den here van Papendrecht.This meal is for the lord of Papendrecht.

Usage notes

  • This form both represents the formerly standard nominative of heer, as an oblique-case form of the same word.
  • The nominative usage is completely obsolete as a common noun meaning "lord" (in a worldly, regular sense), but note Here, which is still in use as a proper noun.

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