there
in or at that place or location
How often you will meet it
Rank 41 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 668,620 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.318% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- in or at that place or location they have lived there for yearsit's not there
- in that matter; in that respect; on that point I agree with you there
- to or toward that place; away from the speaker also: thither go there around noon!
noun
- a location other than here; that place you can take it from there
there in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hardly could there have been put by anyone a more difficult question.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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To-day it was not tranquil; it flashed anxiously here and there, and the girl smiled.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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There he straightened up and brushed his earth-stained fingers across a dullred splotch on one cheek of his sullen set face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1