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there */*/*/
UK [ðeə(r)] / US [ðer] adverb, interjection, pronoun
Summary:

There can be used in the following ways: - as a pronoun (to introduce the subject of the sentence): There's a spider in the bath. - as an adverb: Wait there until I get back. - as an interjection: There, that didn't hurt so much, did it?
1) strong UK [ðeə(r)] / US [ðer]
weak UK [ðə(r)] / US [ðər] used in statements about existence used for introducing a statement about someone that exists or something that happens there is/are:

There isn't much time left.

There are 24 teams competing in the tournament.

is/are there?:

Are there any other suggestions?

there may be/there should be/there seems to be etc:

There seems to be a lot of confusion.

there lives/follows/comes etc:

Long ago there lived a beautiful princess.

There comes a time in everyone's life when a big decision has to be taken.

2) in or to that place
a) in or to a place that has already been mentioned

They're going to Hawaii, and they plan to stay there until the end of March.

The children loved Disneyland – they want to go there again.

near/around/from etc there:

He lives in Banbury, or somewhere around there.

there and back (= going to a place and returning):

It's only a hundred miles to Oxford. You could drive there and back in a day.

right there (= immediately in that place):

She wanted him to kiss her right there on the beach.

b) in or to a place that you are looking at or pointing to

"Look there!" he said, pointing to a figure dressed in white.

There's Angela now, coming up the drive.

over there:

Would you like to sit over there by the window?

in/out/up/under etc there:

I won't be able to reach things if you put them up there.

right there (= exactly in that place):

The information you want is right there in front of you.

3) at a particular point in a process at a particular point in a series of events, in a speech, or in a story

I'll stop there, and answer questions if anyone has anything they want to ask.

The Rover car company was forced to cut prices, but its problems didn't end there.

4) spoken used for referring to what someone else has said used in a conversation when referring to a particular thing that someone else has said

"I don't approve of gambling." "Well, I agree with you there."

Yes, Patrick's a nice man – you're right there.

you've got me there (= I don't know the answer):

"How do birds find their way across the sea?" "Well now, you've got me there."

5) available to be used or to help used for saying that something is available to be used

If the opportunity is there, we will take it.

The money is there for local government to spend on public services.

6) spoken used for referring to what has just happened used for expressing satisfaction, sympathy etc about something that you have just done or that has just happened

There, I've done my duty as a good host.

there now:

There now – does that feel better?

there (you are) (= used when something has proved you were right):

There, I told you she wouldn't mind.

7) spoken used when telephoning used when asking to speak to someone on the telephone

Hello, Peter, is your mother there?

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be/get there — informal used for saying that someone has achieved/is going to achieve success

I wouldn't say we're successful yet, but we're getting there.

"Have you solved the problem?" "I think I'm nearly there."

be there (for someone) — to be ready to help someone or to make them feel better

Who would be there for her when she needed a shoulder to cry on?

hello there/you there etc — spoken used when calling to someone or greeting them

Hello there, I haven't seen you for a long time.

You there, what are you doing in my garden?

there I was/we were — spoken used when you are telling a story and you want to give a summary of the situation that you were in at a particular stage

So there I was, up to my waist in icy water.

there it is/there you are/there you go — spoken used when a situation is not satisfactory but there is nothing that you can do to make it better

It's not really fair on the others, but there it is.

there's a good boy/clever girl etc — British

spoken used for praising or encouraging a child or an animal


there's ... for you — used when you are angry or disappointed at the way in which you have been treated

There's gratitude for you!

there you are/go — spoken used when you are giving someone something that they have asked for or that they have just bought; spoken used to say that something shows that you are right

"Can I have another slice?" "There you go."

There you go, I told you he'd love it!

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