Meaning

8 senses
  1. (not comparable)In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

    You wait here while I fetch my coat.

    Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

    to this place (especially toward the speaker)

  2. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

    (abstract, not comparable)At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)

    I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.

    Here endeth the lesson.

  3. (abstract, not comparable)In this matter.

    You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.

  4. (not comparable)Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.

    Flu season is here.

    Christmas will soon be here.

  5. (abstract, not comparable)In this context.

    Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.

  6. (informal, not comparable)After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.

    Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.

  7. (dialectal, informal, not comparable)After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.

    This here orange is too sour.

    Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.

  8. (not comparable)To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.

    Please come here.

    hierher, hierhin, her

    сюда́sjudá

    сюди́sjudý

Examples

33393 sentences
  1. How long will you stay here?

    Як довго ти тут будеш?

    ruКак долго ты будешь здесь?

    deWie lange werdet ihr hierbleiben?

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  2. What have you come here for?

    Навіщо ти сюди прийшов?

    ruЗачем ты сюда пришёл?

    deWarum bist du hierher gekommen?

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  3. Are you going to sing here?

    Ти тут співатимеш?

    ruТы собираешься здесь петь?

    deHast du vor hier zu singen?

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  4. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене.

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь.

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme.

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  5. We arrived here in the evening.

    Ми приїхали сюди ввечері.

    ruМы приехали сюда вечером.

    deWir sind hier abends angekommen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
in, on, or at this place:
to this place:
Русский
By meaning 2
in, on, or at this place:
to this place:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
in, on, or at this place:
to this place:

Origin

From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.

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