THERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does there mean? 

• THERE (noun)
  The noun THERE has 1 sense:

1. a location other than here; that place

  Familiarity information: THERE used as a noun is very rare.

• THERE (adverb)
  The adverb THERE has 3 senses:

1. in or at that place or location

2. in that matter; in that respect; on that point

3. to or toward that place; away from the speaker

  Familiarity information: THERE used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A location other than here; that place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

you can take it from there

Hypernyms ("there" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

Antonym:

here (the present location; this place)

• THERE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In or at that place or location

Context example:

that man there

Antonym:

here (in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In that matter; in that respect; on that point

Context example:

I agree with you there

Sense 3

Meaning:

To or toward that place; away from the speaker

Synonyms:

there; thither

Context example:

go there around noon!

Antonym:

here (to this place (especially toward the speaker))

 Context examples 

There seemed nothing vicious in them.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There was no sun nor hint of sun.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Rather than I should marry another woman, there are no lengths to which she would not go—none.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There must be no mistakes in life with THIS Betsey Trotwood.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And then, so strange was the dream, there was a crash.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then through the darkness I could see a sort of patch of grey light ahead of us, as though there were a cleft in the hills.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was true, there were other dogs, There could not but be other dogs on so vast a place, but they did not count.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

There were such women in the world.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I observed there was the flesh of several animals, but could not distinguish them by the taste.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)