here

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪə(ɹ)/, /hɪː(ɹ)/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪɹ/

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /hiːɹ/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /hjɜː/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophones: hear, hir

From Middle English here, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with the English pronoun he, German hier, Dutch hier, her, Icelandic hér, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish her, Swedish här.

here (not comparable)

1. (location) In, on, or at this place.
   • 1849, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H., VII,

     Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,

   • 2008, Omar Khadr, Affidavit of Omar Ahmed Khadr,

     The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.

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

   Please come here.

   • 1891, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper,

     He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.

3. (abstract) 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.

   • 1872 May, Edward Burnett Tylor, Quetelet on the Science of Man, published in Popular Science Monthly, Volume 1,

     The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined:

   • 1904 January 15, William James, The Chicago School, published in Psychological Bulletin, 1.1, pages 1-5,

     The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here.

4. At this point in the argument or narration.

   Here endeth the lesson.

   • 1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address,

     Here, perhaps I ought to stop.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     “And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.

here (uncountable)

1. (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.

2. (abstract) This time, the present situation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• 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.

here (comparative more here, superlative most here)

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

   John here is a rascal.

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

   This here orange is too sour.

here

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

   Here, now I'm giving it to you.

2. (Britain, 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.

• hence
• here-
• hereabouts
• hither
• there

• Rehe, Rhee, heer

• Here

• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: he‧re

here m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

1. (archaic) inflected form of heer (lord)

• heer

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛrɛ]
• Hyphenation: he‧re

From Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”).[1][2][3] Cognates include Mansi χār.

here (plural herék)

1. (anatomy) testicle, testis (the male sex and endocrine gland)
2. drone (a male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee)
3. (derogatory) loafer, drone (someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler)

• herél
• herezacskó

Shortened from lóhere (“clover”).[3]

here (plural herék)

1. clover

hērē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of hēreō

• here in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• here in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• here in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Old Dutch hēro, hērro.

hêre m

1. lord, high-ranked person
2. God, the Lord
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

3. ruler
4. leader
5. gentleman (respectful title for a male)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: heer
  • Afrikaans: heer
• Limburgish: hieër

From Old Dutch *heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.

hēre n

1. army, band of troops

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: heer

• “here (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “here (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “here (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “here (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English hiere.

here

1. Alternative form of hire

here

1. Alternative form of hire

• “hir, (pron.1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 May 2018.

From Old English hire.

here

1. Alternative form of hire

• “hir(e), pron (2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.

From Old English ēare.

here

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

From Old English hēr.

here

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

From Old English here, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.

• heere, hære, her, heore, heare, herre, ere, hire

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːr(ə)/

here

1. a military force; a troop, host, or army
2. a group of people; a team, band, throng, or mass
3. any group or set of things or creatures
4. fighting, battle; conflict between armed forces
5. (rare) participation in the armed forces

• heretowa
• herien

• Scots: here, heir, heyr

• “hēre (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.

From Old English heora, hiora, heara, hyra, from Proto-Germanic *hezǫ̂.

• her, heare, heir, herre, hero, ere, er, ire, hore, hor, ore, or, hora, heore, heor, heora, heoræ, hoere, hare, har, are, ar, ȝare, hure, hur, hura, huere, hurre

here (nominative pronoun he)

1. Third-person plural possessive determiner: their

• þeir

• “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

From Old English hara.

here

1. Alternative form of hare

From Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-. Cognate with Old Saxon heri (Dutch heer), Old High German heri (German Heer), Old Norse herr (Swedish här, Danish hær), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis); the Proto-Indo-European root also gave Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos), Middle Irish cuire, Lithuanian kãras, Latvian karš.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhere/

here m

1. An army (especially of the enemy)

   Sio fierd ðone here gefliemde. The English force put the [Danish] army to flight. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

• heregrīma
• heretoga
• stælhere "marauding band or army"

• Middle English: here, heere
  • Scots: here, heir, heyr