there
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
there/ðeə(r)/
▶adverb
- 1 in, at, or to that place or position.
■ in that respect; on that issue.
- 2 used in attracting attention to someone or something.
- 3 (usu. there is/are) used to indicate the fact or existence of something.
- 1 used to focus attention.
- 2 used to comfort someone.
– phrases
be there for be available to provide support or comfort for.
so there informal used to express defiance.
there and then immediately.
be there for be available to provide support or comfort for.
so there informal used to express defiance.
there and then immediately.
usage: On the confusion of there and their, see their.
'there' also found in these Oxford entries:
Aids
- aldosteronism
- all
- alternative
- altogether
- anaemia
- antiferromagnetic
- anyone
- Archaean
- around
- arrestable offence
- asthenosphere
- Attic
- bantam
- bastard
- be
- beam
- because
- binomial distribution
- birthmark
- black dog
- blarney
- blind spot
- blue flag
- bounce
- call
- Cambrian
- Caribbean
- cast iron
- catch-22
- cheep
- coast
- cohort
- common time
- confidence interval
- constipation
- consul
- counting
- Coventry
- cradle cap
- current
- Cypriot
- danger
- Dark Ages
- dark current
- deck
- declutter
- deemster
- different
- dormy
