here

Examples

• All

• I'm here right now, you're here right now.

• Without further ado, here are the questions that can keep your story on track:

  Academic text (2011)

• I have to just check here on the vote.

• So we have to make up our minds here now.

• We have a really good platform now here for reconstruction.

• And I can't thank you enough for being here to be that example.

• "The water table is much higher here now, so we cannot excavate a lot of stuff," explains Davis.

  Academic text (2011)

• I assure Phan that what worries him here worries me as well.

  Academic text (2011)

• You need to finish your work here before you go out.

• I want to explain my ideas here so everyone understands them.

Synonyms

N

now

vshere

∞ 1.0

At this exact moment or right away

is the neutral time phrase without forcing immediacy

C

currently

vshere

∞ 1.0

At the present time

is the broader simple time expression rather than an adverb

N

nowadays

vshere

267 1.3

At the present time rather than in the past

is about the exact instant, not a long term era

P

presently

vshere

87 2.6

At this time

is the basic time phrase used in neutral speech

H

here and now

vshere

70 3.5

The time and place you are in now

is only about time and does not include location

A

at present

vshere

68 1.2

Now, not in the past or future

is the general time marker that may include immediacy

T

this minute

vshere

• Informal

52 1.1

At this very moment without delay

is used for the same time but less urgent

I

in this day and age

vshere

48 3.8

The present time, especially compared with the past

is about a single moment rather than a historical period

A

at this point in time

vshere

42 3.5

At the present time

is the general timing expression not tied to a stage

P

present moment

vshere

15 2.1

The time that is happening now

focuses on time more generally rather than a single instant

N

noo

vshere

• UK

9.9

At this moment

is the standard, neutral way to state that time

T

today

vshere

1.0

At the present time in general

is focused on a specific moment, not an entire period

Antonyms

T

then

∞ 1.0

At a particular time in a sequence

L

later

1.0

Happening after something else in time

Idioms

O

outta here

• Informal

156 9.9

To leave a place quickly, often suddenly

H

here and there

138 1.7

In different places and not all together

L

look here

• Informal

61 6.9

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

H

to had it up to here

• Informal

9 9.0

To no longer accept something annoying or unfair

U

up to here

• Informal

5 7.4

Someone who has no more patience because of many annoying things

N

nothing to see here

• Informal

4 7.4

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

N

neither here nor there

2 6.7

Not important to the main point

H

here goes nothing

• Informal

1 7.8

Say this before trying something risky when you expect little success

H

here we go again

• Informal

1 7.8

Said to show annoyance when the same thing happens again

F

from here to Sunday

• Informal

8.7

For a very long time or in a very complete way

N

never thought I'd see you here

• Informal

8.2

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

N

not invented here

• Jargon

8.8

A refusal to use ideas or products made outside your group

Compounds

C

come-here

615 7.9

A small hand movement that asks someone to move closer

H

here and now

70 3.5

The time and place you are in now

Surface Forms

Etymology