here

See also: Here, hère, and herë

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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.

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪə̯/, /hɪː/

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• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪɚ̯/, /hɪɹ/, [çiɚ]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /hɪː/
  • (Western Australia, Queensland) IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.ə/, /hɪə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /hiːr/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /hiːɹ/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /hjɜː/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /hiə/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /hɛː/
• Homophones: hear, hir; hair, hare (both cheer–chair merger)
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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)

   Here I stand.

   Kilroy was here.

   • 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.

      • 1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address:

        Here, perhaps I ought to stop.

      • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

        “And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.

   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.

      • 1872 May, Edward Burnett Tylor, “Quetelet on the Science of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 1:

        The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined:

      • 1904 January 15, William James, “The Chicago School”, in Psychological Bulletin, 1.1, pages 1-5:

        The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here.

   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.

   • 1891, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper:

     He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.

Derived terms

• abandon hope all ye who enter here
• all hope abandon ye who enter here
• be here for
• come-here
• come here to me
• does anyone here speak English
• do you come here often
• fancy seeing you here
• for here
• from here on in
• from here on out
• from here to Sunday
• get out of here
• get outta here
• have had it up to here
• have here
• hereabout
• hereabove
• hereafter
• hereagainst
• hereamong
• here and now
• here and there
• hereat
• hereaway
• here be dragons
• here below
• hereby
• here document
• herefor
• herefore
• here for it
• herefrom
• heregeld
• here goes
• here goes nothing
• herehence
• herein
• hereinabove
• hereinafter
• hereinbefore
• hereinbelow
• hereish
• here lies
• hereness
• hereof
• hereon
• hereout
• here-script
• here-text
• here, there and everywhere
• hereto
• heretofore
• heretog
• here to stay
• hereunder
• hereunto
• hereupon
• here we are
• here we go
• here we go again
• herewith
• herewithin
• here you are
• here you go
• I just work here
• I'm here all week
• in the here and now
• I only work here
• is anyone here a doctor
• is anyone sitting here
• is it safe here
• Kilroy was here
• look here
• my eyes are up here
• neither here nor there
• not here for a haircut
• not here to fuck spiders
• nothing to see here
• not invented here
• over here
• same here
• see here
• somebody's in here
• the buck stops here
• this here
• true as I'm standing here
• true as I stand here
• up here
• up to here
• you must be new here
• your money is no good here

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: ia

Translations

See here/translations § Adverb.

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

See here/translations § Noun.

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!"

Translations

See here/translations § Interjection.

See also

• hence
• here-
• hereabouts
• hither
• there

Anagrams

• HREE, Rehe, Rhee, heer

Afrikaans

Noun

here

1. plural of heer

Albanian

Noun

here

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of herë

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.rə/
• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: he‧re

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.

Anagrams

• heer