Definitions for: Here


[n] the present location; this place; "where do we go from here?"
[n] 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
[adv] in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth"
[adv] to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please"
[adv] in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree"
[adv] at this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon"



Webster (1913) Definition: Here, n.
Hair. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Here, pron.
1. See Her, their. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. Her; hers. See Her. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Here, adv. [OE. her, AS. h?r; akin to OS. h?r, D. hier,
OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h?r, Dan. her, Sw. h["a]r;
fr. root of E. he. See He.]
1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; --
opposed to there.

He is not here, for he is risen. --Matt.
xxviii. 6.

2. In the present life or state.

Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon.

3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.

Here comes Virgil. --B. Jonson.

Thou led'st me here. --Byron.

4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise.
--Warren.

Note: Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a
verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something
or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in
drinking healths. ``Here's [a health] to thee, Dick.''
--Cowley.

Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed
manner; irregularly. ``Footsteps here and there.''
--Longfellow.

It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place
nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence,
it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense.

Synonyms: Hera, hither

Antonyms: at that place, in that location, there, there, thither

See Also: Greek deity, location

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