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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: There \There\, adv. [OE. ther, AS. [eth][=ae]r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. d[=a]r, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. [thorn]ar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. [root]184. See {That}, pron.] 1. In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. --Ge. ii. 8. [1913 Webster] Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech. [1913 Webster] The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To or into that place; thither. [1913 Webster] The rarest that e'er came there. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject. [1913 Webster] A knight there was, and that a worthy man. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] There is a path which no fowl knoweth. --Job xxviii. 7. [1913 Webster] Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. --Locke. [1913 Webster] There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. --Suckling. [1913 Webster] Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See {Thereabout}, {Thereafter}, {Therefrom}, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where. [1913 Webster] Spend their good there it is reasonable. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Here and there}, in one place and another. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Thither}. [1913 Webster] Thereabout From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: there adv 1: in or at that place; "they have lived there for years"; "it's not there"; "that man there" [syn: {there}, {at that place}, {in that location}] [ant: {here}] 2: in that matter; "I agree with you there" [syn: {there}, {in that respect}, {on that point}] 3: to or toward that place; away from the speaker; "go there around noon!" [syn: {there}, {thither}] [ant: {here}, {hither}] n 1: a location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there" [ant: {here}]