here
/hɪr/
interjection
- Used to call attention or to offer something.
- Here, take this umbrella; it's going to rain.
- Here! I found your lost key under the table.
- Here, let me help you carry that bag.
noun
- This place or location.
- From here, you can see the entire valley.
- Let's get out of here before it gets dark.
- I don't want to stay here any longer.
- The present moment or situation (often in the phrase 'the here and now').
- The here and now is all we truly have.
- She lives fully in the here and now, not dwelling on the past.
- Stop worrying about the future and focus on the here and now.
adverb
- In, at, or to this place or position.
- The book you are looking for is right here on the shelf.
- We have lived here for five years.
- Please come here and sit next to me.
- Used to draw attention to someone or something that is present or being introduced.
- Here is the report you asked for.
- Here comes the bus now.
- Here is your coffee, hot and fresh.
- At this point in a conversation, process, or piece of writing.
- Here we need to stop and consider the risks.
- The argument breaks down here because the data is missing.
- Here the author introduces a new character.
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