HOW TO PRONOUNCE
here
/ˈhɪɚ̯/
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What does here mean?
adverb
- In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- In this matter.
More meanings (14)
adverb
- Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- In this context.
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (informal) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
- To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
adjective
- Alive
noun
- This place; this location.
- (figuratively) This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
- This time, the present situation.
interjection
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- (slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɪɚ̯/
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
“Now look here,” said Boldwood, standing in front of him, “wonder or not, you are going to hold a conversation with me.”
We stopped for lunch in quite a sizable town, and here, rolling slowly through the streets, we saw more of the population.
More book examples (3)
I must here speak by theory alone, saying not that which I know, but that which I suppose to be most probable.
Food, fire, water, and something else—even here, in this crack in the world, so far back in the night of the past!
“It’s like something you’d read of in the States, but who would expect such a thing to happen right here in Avonlea?”