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here

/ˈhɪə̯/ noun

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In Latin: hic Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about here at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The present location; this place.
    where do we go from here?
  2. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno.

adjective

  1. Being here now.
    is everyone here?

adverb

  1. In or at this place; where the speaker or writer is.
    I work here
  2. In this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail.
    what do we have here?
  3. To this place (especially toward the speaker).
    come here, please

Origin

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”).

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