Dictionary Definition
here adj : being here now; "is everyone here?";
"present company excepted" [syn: here(p)]
Noun
1 the present location; this place; "where do we
go from here?" [ant: there]
2 queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek
mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of
the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman
Juno [syn: Hera] adv
1 in or at this place; where the speaker or
writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here
on Earth" [ant: there]
2 in this circumstance or respect or on this
point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must
disagree"
4 at this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for
lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From here < hēr (in this place) < stem *khi- < Proto-Indo-European *ki- (this) + adverbial suffix -r. Cognate with the English pronoun he.Noun
Translations
this place
- Arabic: (huna)
- Bulgarian: тук (tuk)
- Czech: tady, zde
- Dutch: hier
- Finnish: tässä
- French: ici
- German: hier
- Greek: εδώ (edó)
- Hebrew: ,
- Interlingua: hic, ci
- Italian: qua , qui
- Japanese: ここ
- Kurdish: ,
- Malay: sini
- Polish: tu, tutaj
- Portuguese: aqui, cá
- Russian: здесь (zdes’), тут (tut)
- Spanish: aquí, acá
- Swedish: här
- Welsh: yma
this time, situation
- Bulgarian: тук (tuk)
- Czech: tady, zde
- Dutch: hier
- Hebrew: , ,
- Interlingua: hic, ci
- Japanese: ここ
- Kurdish: ,
- Portuguese: aqui
- Russian: тут (tut)
- Spanish: aquí
- Swedish: här
- ttbc Basque: hemen
- ttbc Catalan: aquí, ací
- ttbc Chinese: 这里 (zhèlǐ), 这儿 (zhèr)
- ttbc Dutch: hier
- ttbc Egyptian: (hina)
- ttbc Esperanto: ĉi tie, tie ĉi
- ttbc Hungarian: itt
- ttbc Ido: hike
- ttbc Korean: 여기 (yeogi)
- ttbc Latin: hic
- ttbc Spanish: aquí
- ttbc Romanian: aici, aci
- ttbc Telugu: ఇక్కడ (ikkaDa), ఇచ్చట (icchaTa)
Adverb
Translations
in, on, or at this place
- Albanian: këtu
- Arabic: (húnā)
- Azeri: burada, bax budur, bura
- Binisayâ: dinhi, didí
- Bulgarian: тук (tuk)
- Catalan: aquí, ací
- Chinese: 这里 (zhè lǐ), 这兒 (zhè+ér=zhèr)
- Czech: zde
- Danish: her
- Dutch: hier
- Esperanto: ĉi tie, tie ĉi
- Estonian: siin
- Finnish:
- French: ici
- Georgian: აი (ai)
- German: hier
- Greek: ,
- Ancient:
ἐνθάδε (entháde)
- Modern: εδώ (eðó)
- Ancient:
ἐνθάδε (entháde)
- Guaraní: ko'ápe
- Hawaiian: ma‘ane‘i, ne‘i, ‘ane‘i
- Hebrew: ,
- Hungarian: itt
- Icelandic: hér
- Ido: hike
- Interlingua: hic, ci
- Irish: abhus, anseo
- Italian: qui, qua
- Japanese: ここに (koko ni), ここで (koko de)
- Kannada: ಇಲ್ಲಿ (illi), ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ (idaralli)
- Khmer: (nis)
- Klingon: naDev
- Korean: 여기 (yeogi)
- Latin: hic
- Lithuanian: čia
- Luxembourgish: hei
- Malay: sini
- Novial: hir, dislok, disilok
- Old English: her
- Old Norse: hér
- Persian: (injā)
- Polish: tu, tutaj
- Portuguese: aqui
- Russian: здесь (zdes’), тут (tut)
- Slovene: tu, tukaj
- Spanish: aquí, acá
- Swedish: här
- Thai: (thīnī)
- Tupinambá: iké
- Turkish: burada, işte, burası
- Vietnamese: tại đây
- Volapük: is
- Welsh: yma
- Xhosa: apha
- Yiddish: אַהער (aher)
- Zulu: la, lapha
to this place
- Arabic: (ílā húnā)
- Azeri: bura, buraya
- Binisayâ: tipakanhi
- Bulgarian: насам (nasam), дотук (dotuk)
- Chinese: 到这儿 (dào zhè er)
- Czech: sem
- Danish: herhen
- Dutch: hierheen
- Esperanto: ĉi tien, tien ĉi
- Estonian: kohal
- Finnish:
- French: par ici
- German: hierher, hierhin, her
- Greek: ,
- Ancient:
ἐνθάδε (entháde)
- Modern: εδώ (eðó)
- Ancient:
ἐνθάδε (entháde)
- Hebrew: , ,
- Hindi: यहां (yahāng)
- Hungarian: ide, erre
- Icelandic: hingað
- Interlingua: usque hic, usque ci
- Irish: anseo
- Japanese: こちらへ (kochira e)
- Kannada: ಇತ್ತ (itta), ಈ ಕಡೆಗೆ (ī kaḍege)
- Klingon: naDev
- Korean: 이리 (iri)
- Latin: huc
- Luxembourgish: hei, hier
- Malay: sini
- Old English: hider
- Persian: (ba’injā)
- Polish: tutaj, dotąd
- Portuguese: para aqui, para cá
- Russian: сюда
- Slovak: sem
- Slovene: sem
- Spanish: acá, hacia acá
- Swedish: hit, hitåt
- Thai: (mātrongnī)
- Turkish: buraya
- Vietnamese: đây, bên này
- Volapük: iso
- Welsh: yma, hyd yma
- Zulu: lapha, neno
See also
Breton
Noun
hereDutch
Noun
hereHungarian
Pronunciation
Latin
Adverb
- Alternative form of herī.
Old English
Etymology
From *harjo-z, from *korio-. Cognate with Old Saxon heri (Dutch heer), Old High German heri (German Heer), Old Norse herr (Swedish här, Danish hær), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃; the Indo-European root also gave Ancient Greek , Middle Irish cuire, Baltic *kara- (Lithuanian kãras).Pronunciation
- /ˈhere/
Noun
here- army (especially of the
enemy)
- Sio fierd ðone here gefliemde. The English force put the [Danish] army to flight. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
Derived terms
Declension
Extensive Definition
Here may refer to:
- Here!, a TV network
- Here (Adrian Belew album)
- Here (comic), published in the magazine RAW
- Here (Leo Sayer album)
- Here (Merzbow album)
- Here (Nicolay album), by Nicolay
- Here (play), by Michael Frayn
- "Here" (song), by Tony Martin
- An album by Idina Menzel
- "Here" (poem), by Philip Larkin
See also
- "Here (In Your Arms)"
- Here and Now (disambiguation)
- There, an on-line-reality service
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aboard,
among us, as of now, as things are, at present, at this juncture,
at this moment, at this point, at this time, but now, even now, for
the nonce, for this occasion, here and now, hereabout, hereabouts, hereat, hereinto, hereto, hereunto, hic et nunc, hither, hitherto, hitherward, hitherwards, in our time, in
these days, in this place, in this vicinity, just here, just now,
now, nowadays, on board, on the
spot, somewhere about, there, this day, this night, to
this place, today,
tonight, with
us