How do you use the word "here" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "here" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "here": America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money. Except that here, it's not so simple.

Here Meaning

/ˈhɪə̯/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

advIn, 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.)

Sentence Examples

America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.

Except that here, it's not so simple.

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Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

present

Antonyms:

there absent

CEFR Practice Quiz

I am standing right over ____, can you see me clearly?

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I left my keys on the table right ____, but now I cannot find them anywhere in the house.

Word Origin & History

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. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street," — 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto VII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

"The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”" — 2008, Omar Khadr, Affidavit of Omar Ahmed Khadr:

"Here, perhaps I ought to stop." — 1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address:

"“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's." — 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

"The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined:" — 1872 May, Edward Burnett Tylor, “Quetelet on the Science of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 1:

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