WordNet meanings
View source ↗- Adjective
being here now
is everyone here?
- Noun
the present location; this place; location, proximal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, proximal
where do we go from here?
- Adverb
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
I work here
turn here
radio waves received here on Earth
- Adverb
in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
what do we have here?
here I must disagree
- Adverb
to this place (especially toward the speaker)
come here, please
- Adverb
at this time; now
we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon
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Wiktionary meanings
View source ↗- Adverbnot comparable
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- Adverbabstractnot comparable
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- Adverbabstractnot comparable
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
In this matter.
- Adverbnot comparableas complement of 'be'
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- Adverbabstractnot comparable
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
In this context.
- Adverbinformalnot comparable
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- Adverbdialectalinformalnot comparable
In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
- Adverbnot comparable
To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- Adjectivenot comparable
Alive
- Noununcountableusually
This place; this location.
- Nounfigurativelyuncountableusually
This place; this location.
This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
- Nounabstractuncountableusually
This time, the present situation.
- Interjectionslang
Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- InterjectionIrelandUKslang
Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
- Interjectioninformal
Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- Interjection
Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- Interjection
Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
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