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theremore about there

there

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  There  \There\,  adv  [OE.  ther,  AS  [eth][=ae]r;  akin  to  D.  daar, 
  G.  da  OHG.  d[=a]r,  Sw  &  Dan.  der,  Icel.  &  Goth.  [thorn]ar, 
  Skr.  tarhi  then,  and  E.  that  [root]184.  See  {That},  pron.] 
  1.  In  or  at  that  place  ``[They]  there  left  me  and  my  man, 
  both  bound  together.''  --Shak. 
 
  The  Lord  God  planted  a  garden  eastward  in  Eden;  and 
  there  he  put  the  man  whom  he  had  formed.  --Ge.  ii 
  8. 
 
  Note:  In  distinction  from  here  there  usually  signifies  a 
  place  farther  off  ``Darkness  there  might  well  seem 
  twilight  here.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  In  that  matter,  relation,  etc.;  at  that  point,  stage, 
  etc.,  regarded  as  a  distinct  place  as  he  did  not  stop 
  there  but  continued  his  speech. 
 
  The  law  that  theaten'd  death  becomes  thy  friend  And 
  turns  it  to  exile;  there  art  thou  happy.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  or  into  that  place  thither. 
 
  The  rarest  that  e'er  came  there  --Shak. 
 
  Note:  There  is  sometimes  used  by  way  of  exclamation,  calling 
  the  attention  to  something  especially  to  something 
  distant;  as  there  there!  see  there!  look  there!  There 
  is  often  used  as  an  expletive,  and  in  this  use  when  it 
  introduces  a  sentence  or  clause,  the  verb  precedes  its 
  subject. 
 
  A  knight  there  was  and  that  a  worthy  man. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  There  is  a  path  which  no  fowl  knoweth  --Job 
  xxviii.  7. 
 
  Wherever  there  is  a  sense  or  perception,  there 
  some  idea  is  actually  produced.  --Locke. 
 
  There  have  been  that  have  delivered  themselves 
  from  their  ills  by  their  good  fortune  or  virtue. 
  --Suckling. 
 
  Note:  There  is  much  used  in  composition,  and  often  has  the 
  sense  of  a  pronoun.  See  {Thereabout},  {Thereafter}, 
  {Therefrom},  etc 
 
  Note:  There  was  formerly  used  in  the  sense  of  where 
 
  Spend  their  good  there  it  is  reasonable. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  {Here  and  there},  in  one  place  and  another. 
 
  Syn:  See  {Thither}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  there 
  n  :  a  location  other  than  here  that  place  "you  can  take  it 
  from  there"  [ant:  {here}] 
  adv  1:  in  or  at  that  place  "they  have  lived  there  for  years"; 
  "it's  not  there";  "that  man    there"  [syn:  {at 
  that  place},  {in  that  location}]  [ant:  {here}] 
  2:  in  that  matter;  "I  agree  with  you  there"  [syn:  {in  that 
  respect},  {on  that  point}] 
  3:  to  or  toward  that  place  away  from  the  speaker;  "go  there 
  around  noon!"  [syn:  {thither}]  [ant:  {here}]




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