'Here' definitions:
Definition of 'here'
From: WordNet
adverb
In or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth" [ant: at that place, in that location, there]
adverb
In this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree"
adverb
To this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please" [syn: here, hither] [ant: there, thither]
adverb
At this time; now; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon"
adjective
Being here now; "is everyone here?"
noun
The present location; this place; "where do we go from here?" [ant: there]
noun
Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno [syn: Hera, Here]
Definition of 'Here'
From: GCIDE
- Her \Her\, Here \Here\, pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of h[=e]. See He.] Of them; their. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- On here bare knees adown they fall. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Here'
From: GCIDE
- Here \Here\, n. Hair. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Here'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Here'
From: GCIDE
- Here \Here\ (h[=e]r), adv. [OE. her, AS. h[=e]r; akin to OS. h[=e]r, D. hier, OHG. hiar, G. hier, Icel. & Goth. h[=e]r, Dan. her, Sw. h[aum]r; fr. root of E. he. See He.]
- 1. In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there. [1913 Webster]
- He is not here, for he is risen. --Matt. xxviii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In the present life or state. [1913 Webster]
- Happy here, and more happy hereafter. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither. [1913 Webster]
- Here comes Virgil. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- Thou led'st me here. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 4. At this point of time, or of an argument; now. [1913 Webster]
- The prisoner here made violent efforts to rise. --Warren. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Here, in the last sense, is sometimes used before a verb without subject; as, Here goes, for Now (something or somebody) goes; -- especially occurring thus in drinking healths. "Here's [a health] to thee, Dick." --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- Here and there, in one place and another; in a dispersed manner; irregularly. "Footsteps here and there." --Longfellow.
- It is neither, here nor there, it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. --Shak. Herea-bout
Synonyms of 'here'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboard,
- among us,
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- but now,
- even now,
- for the nonce,
- for this occasion,
- here and now,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- hereat,
- hereinto,
- hereto,
- hereunto,
- hic et nunc,
- hither,
- hitherto,
- hitherward,
- hitherwards,
- in our time,
- in these days,
- in this place,
- in this vicinity,
- just here,
- just now,
- now,
- nowadays,
- on board,
- on the spot,
- somewhere about,
- there,
- this day,
- this night,
- to this place,
- today,
- tonight,
- with us