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CEFRA1

/ˈhɪə̯/

adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    In, at, or to this place.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

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

  • Click here to add your opinion to the survey.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhiːr/
  • /ˈhiɚ/

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)

  2. Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.

  3. In this matter.

More examples

In context

  • Except that here, it's not so simple.

  • It says here that he died in 1970.

  • Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

Synonyms

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Origin

adverb

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”).