here
in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
to or toward this place; hither: Come here.
at this point; at this juncture: Here the speaker paused.
(used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers): Here is your paycheck. My friend here knows the circumstances.
present (used to answer a roll call).
in the present life or existence (often followed by below): We want but little here below.
under consideration, in this instance or case: The matter here is of grave concern to us all.
this place: It's only a short distance from here.
this world; this life; the present: The here and the hereafter are equal mysteries to all people.
(used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective): this package here.
(often used to command attention, give comfort, etc.) now; all right: Here, let me try it. Here, don't cry.
Idioms about here
here and now,
at the present moment; without delay; immediately: We must tend to the matter here and now.
Usually the hear and now . the immediate present: You can't live only in the here and now.
here and there,
in this place and in that; at various times or places: He worked here and there, never for long in one town.
hither and thither: We drove here and there in the darkness, hoping to find the right roads.
here goes, (used to express resolution in beginning a bold or unpleasant action): You've dared me to dive from the highest board, so here goes!
here's to, hail to; salutations to: Here's to a long and happy life! Here's to you!
neither here nor there, without relevance or importance; immaterial: The fact that her family has no money is neither here nor there.
up to here with,
having a surfeit of: I'm up to here with work.
at a high point of annoyance with: Everyone is up to here with his constant complaining.
Origin of here
1usage note For here
word story For here
From ke-, Latin has cedo “gimme,” cēterus (from ce-eteros ) “the other, the rest of,” hic (from hic-ce ) “this, this here,” and ecce “look!” Greek has (e)keînos (from (e)ke-enos ) “that, that one (over there),” and ekeî “there, over there.” The variant ki- yields Latin cis “on this side of” (as in Gallia Cisalpina “Cisalpine Gaul,” that part of Italy in the Po Valley between the Alps and the Apennines, where Gauls lived).
In Germanic ki- becomes hi-, from which Old English has hē, his, him and the neuter pronoun hit (English he, his, him and it ), hire, the genitive and dative singular feminine pronoun (English her ), and heom, him, the dative plural of the third person pronoun, now the colloquial English ‘em. Old High German derives hiutu “this day, today” (German heute ). Hi- and the adverbial or locative suffix -r yields Gothic hēr, Old English hēr, and German hier.
Finally, Hittite has ki “this” and kinun “now.”
Words that may be confused with here
- hear, here
Words Nearby here
Other definitions for Here (2 of 2)
Hera.
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How to use here in a sentence
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“Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.
Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
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How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.
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The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe people here retained the same paganism and barbarity, only they were not so dangerous, being conquered by the Muscovites.
Genoa has but recently and partially felt the new impulse, yet even here the march of improvement is visible.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyOne of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
Children's Ways | James Sully
British Dictionary definitions for here (1 of 2)
/ (hɪə) /
in, at, or to this place, point, case, or respect: we come here every summer; here, the policemen do not usually carry guns; here comes Roy
here and there at several places in or throughout an area
here goes an exclamation indicating that the speaker is about to perform an action
here's to a formula used in proposing a toast to someone or something
here today, gone tomorrow short-lived; transitory
here we go again an event or process is about to repeat itself
neither here nor there of no relevance or importance
this here See this (def. 7)
this place: they leave here tonight
here and now or the here and now the present time
Origin of here
1British Dictionary definitions for Here (2 of 2)
/ (ˈjɪrə) /
Southern African an exclamation of surprise or dismay
Origin of Here
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with here
In addition to the idioms beginning with here
- here and now
- here and there
- here goes
- here today, gone tomorrow
- here to stay
also see:
- buck stops here
- downhill all the way (from here)
- have had it (up to here)
- neither here nor there
- same here
- where do we go from here
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