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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
here/hɪə(r)/
adverb
  • 1 in, at, or to this place or position.
  • 2 (usu. here is/are) used when introducing or handing over something or someone.
  • 3 used when indicating a time, point, or situation that has arrived or is happening.
exclamation used to attract someone's attention.
– phrases
here and now at the present time.
here and there in various places.
here goes said to indicate that one is about to start something difficult or exciting.
here's to used to wish health or success before drinking.
here we go again said to indicate that the same events, typically undesirable ones, are recurring.
neither here nor there of no importance or relevance.
– origin OE hēr, of Gmc origin; rel. to he.
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