- pronunciation:
- theIr
- parts of speech:
- adverb, pronoun, noun, interjection
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
in, at, or to that place.
Be there by morning, or I'll leave without you.Go there, and you will see for yourself how beautiful it is. |
| definition 2: |
at that point.
There she stopped reading and began to cry. |
| definition 3: |
in that matter.
You are right about some things, but you are wrong there. |
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| part of speech: |
pronoun |
| definition 1: |
used to express the idea of something happening or existing.
There was once a man named Elmer Brown.There will come a time when you will want to leave home. |
| definition 2: |
that place.
It was so dark in there that we couldn't see a thing. |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
that place.
I come from there as well. |
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interjection |
| definition: |
used when something is finished, or to express a feeling.
There! We're all done.There! I told you this would happen. |
The words
there and
their, and the contraction
they're ("they are"), all sound alike but have different meanings.