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here

UK /ˈhɪə̯/US /ˈhɪɚ̯/

adverb 8
exclamation 5
noun 3
adjective 1
forms 1
phrases 13

adverb8

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in or at this place, close to the person speaking
- You wait here while I fetch my coat.
- Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.
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To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- Please come here.
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In this matter.
- You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
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In this context.
- Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
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Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- Flu season is here.
- Christmas will soon be here.
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At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
- Here endeth the lesson.
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(informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
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(dialect, informal) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
- This here orange is too sour.
- Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.

exclamation5

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Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Here, now I'm giving it to you.
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Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?
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(informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- Here! You! Stop doing that!
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Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- "Fido! Here!" — "Woof! Woof!"
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(UK, 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.

noun3

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This place; this location.
- Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
This time, the present situation.
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(figurative) This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
- I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
- I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.

adjective1

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Alive
- I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!

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