there

Etymology

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tar- (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).

adv

1. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
   1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Genesis, 2, viii, The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
   (Phone rings) MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department. CALLER: Is Jack there? MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment. 2004, George Carlin, “IS ANYONE THERE?”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 117
2. (figurative) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
   He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
   They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
3. (location) To or into that place; thither.
   1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Job, 28, vii, There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
4. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
5. In this world, used to say that someone or something exists; see pronoun section below.
   These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see. 1928 January, Captain Ferdinand Tuohy, “Why Don't We Fly?”, in Popular Science, page 144

intj

1. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
   There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
2. Used to express victory or completion.
   There! That knot should hold.

noun

1. That place.
   anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there. 1937, Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography, page 289
   Some of these theres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Other theres are only virtual 1993, Edward S. Casey, Getting back into place: toward a renewed understanding of the place-world, page 54
2. That status; that position.
   You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.

pron

1. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
   There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]
   There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]
   Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]
   No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]
   1908, C. H. Bovill (lyrics), Jerome D. Kern (music), There’s Something Rather Odd About Augustus, song from the musical Fluffy Ruffles, It's very sad but all the same, / There’s something rather odd about Augustus.
   1909, Leo Tolstoy, translator not mentioned, There are No Guilty People, in The Forged Coupon and Other Stories, There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; […] .
   There are intentional and unintentional towns. 1918, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, Notes from Underground, Part 1, II
2. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
   If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.
   There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]
   Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]
   There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]
   1895, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes: Nursery Songs, XXII: The Tree in the Wood, All in a wood there grew a fine tree,
   1897, James Baldwin, The Story of Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Home, in Four Great Americans, Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky, there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.
   1904, Uriel Waldo Cutler, Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, Chapter XXXI: How Sir Launcelot Found the Holy Grail, On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."
3. Used with other verbs, when raised.
   There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]
   I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]
   There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]
   There have to be two people at the post.
4. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
   therefor, thereat, thereunder
5. (colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc.
   Hi there, young fellow.
   Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?
   Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C. Audio (US) (file) 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

det

1. Misspelling of their.