in that location
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Definition
- Adverb:
- In or at that place: Used to refer to a specific place or position that has been mentioned, is known, or is being pointed to. It indicates a location away from the speaker or the current point of reference.
Usage
- The word "there" is used to point to a location that is not here. It is the opposite of "here."
- It is commonly used to answer or form questions about place.
- It can be used to introduce the existence of something (e.g., "There is a book on the table").
Examples
- Adverb:
- I left my keys there on the counter. (Indicating a specific, known place.)
- Look at that building over there. (Pointing to a visible location.)
- "Where is the station?" – "It's right there." (Answering a question about place.)
Advanced Usage
- "There" as a dummy subject: In sentences that introduce or state the existence of something, "there" is used as a grammatical subject, followed by a form of "be" and the real subject.
- There are many books on the shelf.
- Is there any milk left?
- "There, there": An idiom used to comfort someone.
- "There, there," she said, patting the child's back. "Don't cry."
Variants and Related Words
- Here (adv.): In or at this place. (Antonym)
- Where (adv.): In or to what place. (Interrogative form)
- Everywhere (adv.): In every place.
- Nowhere (adv.): Not in or to any place.
Synonyms
- In that place
- At that spot
- Yonder (archaic or literary)
Related Phrases
- Here and there: In various places; scattered about.
- Wildflowers grew here and there in the field.
- There you go: An expression used when giving something to someone, or to indicate that something is correct or working.
- "I need a pen." – "There you go." (Handing over a pen.)
- You plug it in and press this button. There you go, it's working now.
- Then and there / There and then: Immediately, on the spot.
- He decided then and there to accept the job offer.
Idioms
- Been there, done that: Used to say that one has already experienced something and is no longer interested in it.
- "You should try skydiving!" – "No thanks, been there, done that."
- There's no there there: An expression meaning that something (a place, an idea, an argument) lacks substance, core, or meaning.
- His essay was long, but there was no there there; it had no central point.
Adverb
- in or at that place
- they have lived there for years
- it's not there
- that man there