here
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English here < Old English hēr (“‘in this place’”) < Proto-Germanic *khi- < Proto-Indo-European *ki- (“‘this’”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with the English pronoun he.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /hɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /hI@(r\)/
- (US) IPA: /hɪɹ/, SAMPA: /hIr/
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- Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
- Homophones: hear
[edit] Noun
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here (uncountable)
- (abstract) This place; this location.
- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
- (abstract) This time, the present situation.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
[edit] Quotations
- 1922, Francis Herbert Bradley, The Principles of Logic, page 52:
- For time and extension seem continuous elements; the here is one space with the other heres round it
- 2001, Kauhiko Yatabe, edited by Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe, and America, page 28:
- More than ever, the here is porous.
- 2004, Denis Wood, Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land, page 20:
- We can't see it because it is an aspect of our seeing, it is a function of our gaze: the field of the here is established in — and by — our presence.
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[edit] Adverb
here (not comparable)
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[edit] Derived terms
- hereabout
- hereafter
- hereaway
- hereby
- herein
- hereninabove
- hereinafter
- hereinbefore
- hereinbelow
- hereof
- hereon
- hereto
- heretofore
- hereunder
- hereunto
- hereupon
- herewith
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[edit] Adjective
here (comparative more here, superlative most here)
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- filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis
- filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis
[edit] Interjection
here
- (British, slang) used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
- Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.
[edit] See also
[edit] Breton
[edit] Noun
here
- The month October
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Noun
here m.
[edit] Hungarian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'hɛrɛ/
- Hyphenation: he‧re
[edit] Noun
here (plural herék)
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declension of here
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adverb
here (not comparable)
- Alternative form of herī.
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harjo-z, from Proto-Indo-European *korio-. Cognate with Old Saxon heri (Dutch heer), Old High German heri (German Heer), Old Norse herr (Swedish här, Danish hær), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis); the Indo-European root also gave Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koiranos), Middle Irish cuire, Baltic *kara- (Lithuanian kãras).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhere/
[edit] Noun
here m.
- An army (especially of the enemy)
- Sio fierd ðone here gefliemde. The English force put the [Danish] army to flight. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
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[edit] Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
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| nominative | here | her(i)ġas |
| accusative | her(i)ġe | her(i)ġas |
| genitive | her(i)ġes | her(i)ġa |
| dative | her(i)ġe | her(i)gum |