There (?), adv. [OE. ther, AS. ð&aemacr;r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dār, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. √184. See That, pron.] 1. In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." Shak.

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

&fist; In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." Milton.

2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.

The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.

3. To or into that place; thither.

The rarest that e'er came there.

&fist; There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.

A knight there was, and that a worthy man.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth.

Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced.

There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.

&fist; There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.

&fist; There was formerly used in the sense of where.

Spend their good there it is reasonable.

Syn. -- See Thither.

There (?), adv. [OE. ther, AS. ð&aemacr;r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dār, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. √184. See That, pron.] 1. In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." Shak.

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

&fist; In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." Milton.

2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.

The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.

3. To or into that place; thither.

The rarest that e'er came there.

&fist; There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.

A knight there was, and that a worthy man.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth.

Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced.

There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.

&fist; There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.

&fist; There was formerly used in the sense of where.

Spend their good there it is reasonable.

Syn. -- See Thither.

• In or at that place.
       Quotations
       * there left me and my man, both bound together. — Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, V-i
       *The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. — Genesis 2:8
       Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off.
       Quotations
       *Darkness there might well seem twilight here. — Milton
  
• In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
       Quotations
       *The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-iii
  
• To or into that place; thither.
       Quotations
       *The rarest that e'er came there. — Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i
       Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling attention to something, especially to something distant; as, There, there! See there! Look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.
       Quotations
       *A knight there was, and that a worthy man. — Chaucer
       *There is a path which no fowl knoweth. — Job 28:7
       *Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. — Locke
       *There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. — Suckling
       Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.
       Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.
       Quotations
       *Spend their good there it is reasonable. — Chaucer