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here

here

∞ 1.0
At the place where the speaker or writer is
  • adverb
  • /hɪr/
translation icon : aquí
  • How are you settling in here at Laundry Cottage?
  • come here
  • go here
  • get here

So I'm going to go from here to this.

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Examples

  • The star trails photograph described here was taken on December 24, 1998.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I love to sit here by the window and read.

  • So what we got inside here is this ring.

  • So this whole region right here is a square foot.

  • Most people do come here looking for something.

    I'm Not Gay : A Musical (2023)

  • Can I meet you back here in 10 minutes?

    Stagecoach (1939)

  • I do hope you enjoy your stay here at Lux Hotel.

    Unfavorable Odds (2022)

  • I haven't been here for a long time.

    The Hustler (1961)

  • Please place the box here on the table.

  • The library is just over here, next to the park.

Synonyms

over here
vshere
∞ 1.0

At the place where I am

is more general and refers to the speaker's location
hither
vshere
  • Archaic
21 9.9

Toward the person who is speaking

is the modern neutral expression without the old literary tone

Antonyms

there
∞ 1.0

At or toward a place that is not here

away
5 1.0

Not in a place because someone has gone somewhere else

Idioms

outta here
  • Informal
156 9.9

To leave a place quickly, often suddenly

here and there
138 1.7

In different places and not all together

look here
  • Informal
61 6.9

To get a person's attention before saying something important or angry

to had it up to here
  • Informal
9 9.0

To no longer accept something annoying or unfair

up to here
  • Informal
5 7.4

Someone who has no more patience because of many annoying things

nothing to see here
  • Informal
4 7.4

A phrase people say to tell others nothing interesting or worrying is happening

neither here nor there
2 6.7

Not important to the main point

here goes nothing
  • Informal
1 7.8

Say this before trying something risky when you expect little success

here we go again
  • Informal
1 7.8

Said to show annoyance when the same thing happens again

from here to Sunday
  • Informal
8.7

For a very long time or in a very complete way

never thought I'd see you here
  • Informal
8.2

Words you say when you are surprised to see someone in an unexpected place

not invented here
  • Jargon
8.8

A refusal to use ideas or products made outside your group

Compounds

come-here
615 7.9

A small hand movement that asks someone to move closer

here and now
70 3.5

The time and place you are in now

How Far

ends of the earth
  • Informal
4 4.5
out-of-town
178 3.2
in town
44 1.0
nearby
325 1.0
here
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

here positive

Etymology

Here comes from an old German word that meant 'this place' and is the same root found in the old word hither ('to this place'), so here still points to the speaker's location.