there's

1.0

You use it to say that something exists or has happened

auxiliary
/ðɛrz/

Informal

: hay

There's a new restaurant opening on Main Street next week, and the reviews are already positive.

Examples

After the storm, there's been more traffic on the roads because of fallen trees and delays.
If there's anything unclear in the instructions, please ask your supervisor before you sign.
There's a cat on the roof.
There's a new restaurant downtown!
There's a new restaurant opening on Main Street next week, and the reviews are already positive.
There's a cat on the roof.
There's a new restaurant downtown!

Idioms

where there's smoke, there's fire

Informal

7.3

If there are signs of a problem, it is probably true

Surface Forms

there's infinitive

There's infinitive

theres infinitive

Theres infinitive

Morphology

there's = there (transparent) = there + 's

A straightforward contraction/clitic: 'there' + 's (representing 'is' or 'has'), so the meaning is directly the same as 'there is/there has'.

Etymology

There's is a short form of there plus 's, where 's stands for 'is' or 'has'. So there's is used to say that something exists ('there is') or that something has happened ('there has').