there

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in or at that place

   they have lived there for years

2. 2
   adv

   in that matter

   I agree with you there

3. 3
   adv

   In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

   I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.

4. 4
   adv

   To or into a place or location; thither.

   I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?

5. 5
   adv

   In that matter, relation, etc..

   You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.

6. 6
   adv

   In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.

   These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see.

7. 7
   intj

   Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.

   There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.

8. 8
   intj

   Used to express victory or completion.

   There! That knot should hold.

Etymology

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”)…