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Etymology

From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz +‎ *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.

Pronunciation

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

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• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪɚ̯/, /hɪɹ/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /hɪː/, /hɪə̯/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /hiːɹ/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /hjɜː/
• Homophones: hear, hir
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Adverb

here (not comparable)

1. (location) In, on, or at this place.

   Synonym: (emphatic) right here

   You wait here while I fetch my coat.

   Here I stand.

   Flu season is here.

   Kilroy was here.

   Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, Canto 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”, 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”, 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, narration, or other, usually written, work.

   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, published 1925:

     “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.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: ia

Translations

Noun

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.

   Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.

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

Quotations

• 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, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, editors, 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.

Translations

Adjective

here (not comparable)

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.

Interjection

here

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

   Here, now I'm giving it to you.

2. (Ireland, 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.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• HREE, Rehe, Rhee, heer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.rə/
• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: he‧re

Noun

here m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

1. Obsolete form of heer (“lord”).

   De here van Papendrecht eet gaarne deze spijze. ― The lord of Papendrecht gladly eats this meal.

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

   Deze spijze is voor den here van Papendrecht. ― This meal is for the lord of Papendrecht.

Usage notes

• This form both represents the formerly standard nominative of heer, as an oblique-case form of the same word.
• The nominative usage is completely obsolete as a common noun meaning "lord" (in a worldly, regular sense), but note Here, which is still in use as a proper noun.

Anagrams

• heer

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: he‧re
• Rhymes: -rɛ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ха̄р (hār).

Noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortened from lóhere (“clover”), from ló (“horse”) + here (“testicle”) (based on the shape of the leaves of this plant resembling horses’ sex glands), hence related to the above sense.

Noun

here (plural herék)

1. (folksy) clover (a plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• (testicle): here in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (drone): here in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (clover): here in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Etymology 1

From Pre-Latin/Proto-Italic *hezi, from Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰyési, locative form of *(dʰ)ǵʰyés (“yesterday”).

Alternative forms

• heri

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.re/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/,

Adverb

here (not comparable)

1. yesterday

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈheː.reː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.re/,

Verb

hērē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of hēreō

References

Further reading

• “here”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• here in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch hēro, hērro.

Noun

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)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

- general:

- persons:

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos.

Noun

hēre n

1. army, band of troops

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: heer

Further reading

• “here (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “here (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “here (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “here (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːr(ə)/

Noun

here

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

Alternative forms

• her, heir, herre, ere, har, hare, hyre
• hære, heare, heore, hir, hire (Early Middle English)

Related terms

• herberwe

Descendants

• Scots: here, heir, heyr

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old English heora, hira, genitive of hīe (“they”).

Determiner

here (nominative pronoun he)

1. Third-person plural genitive determiner: their

Pronoun

here (nominative he)

1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them

Alternative forms

• her, heare, heir, er, ere, herre, hero, hir, hire, ire
• har, hare, ar, are, ȝare (Kent)
• hur, hure, hura, huere, hurre (Southern, Southwest Midland)
• hor, hore, or, ore, hora, heor, heore, heora, heoræ, hoere, har, hare, ar, are, ȝare (West Midland)
• hor, hore, or, ore, hora, heor, heore, heora, heoræ, hoere (Early Middle English)

Derived terms

• heres

Related terms

• he (“they”)

Descendants

• English: her (obsolete)
• Yola: aar, 'ar

See also

References

• “hē̆r(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old English hēore, hȳre (“pleasant”), from Proto-Germanic *hiurijaz (“familiar; mild”).

Adjective

here

2. pleasant, gentle
3. noble, excellent

Alternative forms

• her, hær, harey

Descendants

• English: here

References

• “hẹ̄r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From Old English hǣre, hēre and Old French haire, itself from Germanic.

Noun

here (plural heres or heren or here)

2. haircloth

Alternative forms

• her, heare, eare, hair, haire, haigre, hare, heir, heire, heiȝre, hayr, hayre, hayer, heyr, heyre

Descendants

• English: haire
• Scots: heir

References

• “hẹ̄r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 5

Noun

here (plural heren)

1. Alternative form of herre (“lord”)

Etymology 6

Noun

here (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hire (wages)

Etymology 7

Noun

here (plural heres)

1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Etymology 8

Determiner

here

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

here

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 9

Determiner

here

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 10

Adverb

here

1. Alternative form of her (“here”)

Etymology 11

Noun

here (plural heres)

1. Alternative form of heir (“heir”)

Etymology 12

Noun

here (plural heres)

1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Etymology 13

Adjective

here

1. comparative degree of he (“high”)

Etymology 14

Verb

here

1. Alternative form of heren (“to hear”)

Etymology 15

Verb

here

1. Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe.re/,

Noun

here m (nominative plural herġas)

1. army, military (especially of the enemy)

Usage notes

• While here was mainly used for enemy armies, derived compounds such as landhere (“land army”) and sċiphere (“navy”) were still used of either side.

Declension

Coordinate terms

• fierd

Derived terms

• heregrīma
• herehȳþ
• heretoga
• landhere
• rǣdehere
• sċiphere
• stælhere

Descendants

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

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

• heere

Etymology

From Old Frisian hēra, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognates include West Frisian hearre and German horen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːrə/
• Hyphenation: he‧re

Verb

here

1. (transitive) to hear
2. (intransitive) to obey
3. (intransitive) to belong to

Conjugation

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “here”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Yola

Adverb

here

1. Alternative form of haar
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

     Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.

     The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

     Vrem ee Choure here aloghe up to Cargun.

     From the Choure here below up to Cargun.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867