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Added 9 October 2026

there

/ðə(ɹ)/ noun

In Latin: ibi, illic, īlicō Wiktionary

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

A location other than here; that place.
you can take it from there

adverb

In or at that place or location.
they have lived there for years
In that matter; in that respect; on that point.
I agree with you there
To or toward that place; away from the speaker.
go there around noon!

Origin

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).

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