over there
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1.0
- idiom
- The picnic area is over there, beyond the trees.
- go over there
- look over there
- get over there
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- How do you know that thing over there is sweet?
- Yeah, a lot of glitching in the matrix over there in Japan.
- But that fellow over there, he's been bluffing.
- Oh it's right over there behind the wall of moms.
- So please head over there and put some in for next month.
- He was born in Ohio over there in Youngstown, Youngstown.
Examples
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We need to go over there now.
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Oh it's right over there behind the wall of moms.
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We need to walk over there tomorrow.
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But who over there knows who this is?
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So please head over there and put some in for next month.
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You see your parents over there?
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We'll be sitting over there.
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I have a friend over there; I believe he can fix you up.
Academic text (2000) -
So I drove over there.
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We'll work it out as soon as I get settled in over there.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
At or toward a place that is not here
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9.1
At a place a short distance away that you can see
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'at or in a place distant from the speaker' is directly derived from combining 'over' (indicating distance/position across/above) with 'there' (indicating that place). This is a straightforward locative composition found across many languages and follows regular English spatial adverb patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Over there comes from the simple image of someone pointing to a place a little way away; over shows the direction and there names the place. So when people say over there they mean 'at or in that distant place'.