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here Definition

here (hir; often hēr)

adverb

  1. at or in this place: often used as an intensive [John here is a good player]: in dialectal or nonstandard use, often placed between a demonstrative pronoun and the noun it modifies [this here man ]
  2. toward, to, or into this place; hither come here
  3. at this point in an action, speech, discussion, etc.; now here the judge interrupted
  4. on earth; in earthly life

Etymology: ME < OE her; akin to Ger hier < IE base *ko-, *ke-, this one > he, her, L cis, OIr ce

  1. used to call attention, answer a roll call, etc.
  2. used to express indignation, remonstrance, etc., esp. when repeated

noun

this place or point

here Idioms

here and there

in, at, or to various places or points

here goes!

an exclamation used when the speaker is about to do something new, daring, disagreeable, etc.

neither here nor there

beside the point; irrelevant

the here and now

this place and this time; the present

here Synonyms

here

modif.

in this place, hereabouts, in this direction, hither, on this spot, over here, up here, down here, right here, on hand, on board, on deck, in the face of, within reach or call.

here Quotes

From Here to Eternity.

—Jones,James

Then said I,Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the L of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my 102 mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard thevoiceoftheLord,saying,Whomshall Isend, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

—Bible (Old Testament)

The L called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And heranunto Eli, and said,Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again.

—Bible (Old Testament)

  Never let success hide its emptiness from you; achievement its nothingness; toil its desolation. Keep alivetheincentivetopushonfurther, that pain inthesoul that drives us beyond ourselves. Do not look back, and do not dream about the future either. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward, your destiny are here and now.

—Hammarskjo«  ld, Dag HjalmarAgne Carl

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

So here it is at last, the distinguished thing!

—James, Henry

Here we are again!

—Grimaldi,Joseph

Life is one-tenth Here and Now, nine-tenths a history lesson. For most of the time the Here and Now is neither now nor here.

—Swift, Graham

We're here, We're queer. 1970 Get used to it.

—Anonymous

Where is here?

—Frye, Northrop

The more abhorrent a news item the more comforting it was to be the recipient since the fact that it had happened elsewhere proved that it had not happened here, was not happening here, and would therefore never happen here.

—Fowles,John Robert