HERE

here

(adjective) being here now; “is everyone here?”

here

(adverb) in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; “I work here”; “turn here”; “radio waves received here on Earth”

here, hither

(adverb) to this place (especially toward the speaker); “come here, please”

here

(adverb) in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; “what do we have here?”; “here I must disagree”

here

(adverb) at this time; now; “we’ll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon”

here

(noun) the present location; this place; “where do we go from here?”

Hera, Here

(noun) queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

here (not comparable)

(location) In, on, or at this place.

Synonym: right here (emphatic)

(location) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.

(abstract) In this context.

At this point in the argument, narration, or other, usually written, work.

Noun

here (uncountable)

(abstract) This place; this location.

(abstract) This time, the present situation.

Adjective

here (not comparable)

Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.

Filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis.

Interjection

here

(slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.

(Irish, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.

Anagrams

• HREE, Rehe, Rhee, heer

Source: Wiktionary

Her, Here (, pron. pl. Etym: [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of he. See He.]

Definition: Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.

Here, n.

Definition: Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here, pron.

1. See Her, their. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Here, adv. Etym: [OE. her, AS. h; akin to OS. h, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h, Dan. her, Sw. här; fr. root of E. he. See He.]

1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to Ant: there. He is not here, for he is risen. Matt. xxviii. 6.

2. In the present life or state. Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.

3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither. Here comes Virgil. B. Jonson. Thou led'st me here. Byron.

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now. The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. Warren.

Note: Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes;

– especially occurring thus in drinking healths. "Here's [a health] to thee, Dick." Cowley. Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." Longfellow.

– It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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